Help please with VPN on 9800....

so in an earlier post in one of the threads i read that it wasnt possible to connect ur blackberry to a VPN to bypass the msg "BB appworld is not available in your country/region"... is this true with the blackberry torch too? and if not, how do i go about getting settings for the VPN... does it have to be thru the vendors specified? or could i use VPN's such as HIDEMYASS.com such as on the iphone 4's, and if so how?... please if anyone out there could help me out i would be very greatfull!! thanks for ur time and efforts!