Tech Notes from the Field

I see the light, I think. Here is a major difference between the iPad and Android tablets:  VPN. The iPad handles IPSec inherently while the Android does not. One must root an Android to get a VPN client that can do IPSec, and then that does not always work.

I did a comparison yesterday between the two. I found my Android VPN client can make the connection, access the page I wanted at work, but failed to log me in through the browser. I set up the iPad and did the same steps, and I was able to access the web source and log in. Why would one pass the information and one not?  Thoughts? 

In stores I have lookd at the Android VPN clients built into devices and none have IPSec. Even my HTC Thunderbolt does not provide it. Is this a manufacturing thing?  Does Cisco not want to expand to more users?  Because of this the Android tablets are a bit less desirable for business. Then, again, I am writing on an Android tablet now.

I could go on and on why I like Androids, but this VPN thing bugged me the must. Oh, I must say the battery life on the iPad is bad, very bad. If I used it for work, I bet it would not last a fraction of a day.

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