Okay, this one’s interesting…

VNSea is hard at work on a VNC solution for the iPhone—which would let a user control a remote computer (or set of computers) directly from an iPhone on the road. This has some pretty huge possibilities for all sorts of higher ed applications—from web and server maintenance to allowing students to tap into their “home” machines from class or labs.

Our friends over at 9-to-5 Mac report that it’s still pretty buggy, but it’s a cool foretaste of what’s coming to a whole lot of people’s pockets…