Samsung announces $1 mn contest for application developers

NEW DELHI: Electronics product maker Samsung today announced the bada 2.0 Power App Race, a global application contest hosted by the Samsung bada developer site which offers developers chance to win up to USD 100,000.

"We are excited to launch the bada 2.0 Power App Race, which will help boost the bada developer community by encouraging innovation in bada apps from developers all around the world," Kang-hyun Kwon, Senior Vice President of Media Solution Center, Samsung Electronics said in a statement.

The company said it will select 10 applications which will include five game applications and five non-game applications. All the 10 applications will be jointly awarded USD 1 million.

The company has no limit on number of applications developers want to enter. Entries are open and will close at midnight on December 31.