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Hoping to drive new applications for its Omnia II (I8000) smart phones, Samsung Electronics has launched its Global Developer Contest. The competition will run through December 23. The top two winners will receive $100,000 each, with 34 other individual prizes of $10,000, $5000, and $2000 available.

The winning applications will be distributed free of charge for up to four months after the competition at the Samsung Application Store (www.samsungapps.com). The winners also will be able to maintain a continuous partnership with Samsung through future opportunities, including Samsung’s mobile programmer support program.

“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 customers a rich variety of applications to customize their phones.”

The contest is open to applications in both English and Spanish. Categories include games, entertainment, health/life, e-book, productivity, reference, social networking, and utilities. Contestants must be registered to sell paid applications at the Samsung Application Store Seller Office. Winners will be announced in late December.