Samsung today announced the launch of a Global Developer Contest to generate new applications for Samsung’s Omnia II smartphone. The contest, which opens October 23rdand runs through December 10th, will offer up a total of US$330,000 in prize money for developers creating new applications for Samsung mobiles. The top two winners will receive US$100,000 each in prize money. The winning apps will be made available for download, either paid or for free, on the Samsung Application Store site, www.samsungapps.com

“Through their active participation, Samsung hopes this contest will offer many opportunities to application developers,” said Hosoo Lee, Executive Vice President of Samsung’s Media Solution Center. “We want them to be able to profit from their work, while at the same time giving our consumers a rich variety of applications to customize their phones. Samsung will to continue to host many exciting events to further develop the Samsung Application Store.”

For further information, refer to the Samsung seller website, http://seller.samsungapps.com