Samsung to give $100 000 for the best Omnia II application

22 October, 2009

Today Samsung announced their developer challenge for creating the best apps following the launch of the Samsung Application Store in selected countries. The two winning apps will be awarded with a prize of 100,000 US dollars each.

With the expansion of their still quite new Samsung Application Store, Samsung wants to stimulate application development and organizing this software challenge is the next logical step.

The contest will be opened from 16 November until 10 December for I8000 Omnia II applications in either English or Italian. The first two winning apps in the English and Italian categories will bring their authors 100,000 US dollars each, while their runner-ups will get to split four $10,000 prizes, ten $5000 prizes and twenty $2000 prizes respectively. The total prize fund of the competition is going to be 330 000 US dollars.

The only condition for the participation is that all developers should be registered for selling paid applications in the Samsung Seller site that we've covered before in detail.

Well, those numbers are surely nice incentives for participating and we hope we'll see some really innovative apps as a result. The winning apps will be uploaded to the Samsung Application Store (free for 4 months) right before Christmas (24 December).

More information can be found here.

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Reader comments

Anonymous
26 Oct 2009
myr

wow only that many! win mo has so many more but, there store has very few, as you can save yo hd or mem card or download off web browser it dosent really need one

Apple lover
25 Oct 2009
3Lh

Again me. The Samsung gives just 100.000$ dollars for those who make it, but Apple gives you all the money you've earned. Who knows how many millions will Samsung will make with you're app. Because you wouldn't have the author rights!

Apple lover
25 Oct 2009
3Lh

Still the App. Store gives full opportunity for everyone to develop,no one is ignored, simply you and you're creativity! Go Apple guys! I know, maybe the iPhone compared to the Omnia II described down, is not that powerfull, but in usage it has no li...