Windows Phone 8 gets Pandora Radio, Cut the Rope, Urbanspoon and more

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Microsoft knows that [Windows Phone 8](http://www.engadget.com/tag/WindowsPhone8/) is only as successful as its apps. To that end, it's blowing the doors open in terms of major app support. It's not only promising a Windows Phone version of [Pandora](http://www.engadget.com/tag/Pandor/) Radio for early 2013, it's offering ad-free listening for the first year. How's that for strong out-of-the-box content? On top of this, Microsoft is vowing a slew of new apps and games that had previously only been available in the Android or iOS camps, including _Asphalt 7_, _Cut the Rope_, _Temple Run_, Urbanspoon and _Where's My Water_. By the time the expansion is done, Microsoft hopes to have 46 out of the 50 most popular apps onboard, making any platform switch that much gentler. Instagram is a notable omission -- still, it's a big leap in terms of equality.

_For more, check out our Windows Phone 8 event [liveblog](http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/29/windows-phone-8-event-liveblog/)!_

Filed under: [Cellphones](http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/), [Mobile](http://www.engadget.com/category/mobile/), [Microsoft](http://www.engadget.com/category/microsoft/)

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