Developing a PDA

[ITS]

What will it take to build a device that is internet enabled.
Have access to company network through device.
Develope a software that is similar to Livve (www.livve.com):
Instant messaging, Voice Chat, Video Chat, create private chatrooms, public chatrooms (administrator), browse web inside application, fix multicam.
Device needs to be able to use phone over web similar to features of Vonage (vonage.com).

Our designers have images of what we would like the device to look like.
I guess the look of the device isn't important until we figure how it is going to function.

If anyone has any ideas we would really appreciate some advice, or a referral to a developer that can make a working device for our company.

Thanks!
kT
I.T.S. INC

[kasracer]

You're going to have to create your own hardware (i.e., slap chips together and such). Then you're going to have to program your own OS. Port the C libraries and maybe the C++ libraries then Java if you need it.

Then you're going to have to write, from scratch, all of the drivers and then the code needed to communicate with them.

Then you'll have to write the applications for the device.

This is quite an undertaking. I haven't done this myself so I can't give you much information but good luck to ya!