The team here at 360desktop think we've got a great product - but don't just take our word for it, here's some of the recent reviews and feedback that we've received.
From On Computers:
A free Windows program called “360desktop” puts panoramas of Paris on your desktop and gives you 7000 free games.
The program puts a small launch pad at the top of your screen. As you move a slider bar, the picture on your desktop or laptop background, acts as so-called “wallpaper” and pans to complete a 360 degree view of the area around the Louvre or Notre Dame Cathedral. You can substitute other 360-degree panoramas supplied by the 360 user community, by clicking on the gallery button. We added a Moscow Park and WaterWorlds, a panorama of the Iguaçu Falls in South America.
For the games part of 360desktop, we found a cute “Winnie the Pooh” puzzle, kids’ jokes, and lots of action, adventure, and casino games. The free games have ads, but you can skip them. You can also add buttons to get world news, Twitter, and other services.
From Wealth Uncomplicated:
"This was probably one of the coolest things I've seen in managing your desktop. If you can imagine that you're current, old school screen suddently wrapped around you at your desk, that's kind of what 360desktop can do for you. Essentially, you can have your 'regular' desktop, but then you can create an entirely different landscape with the other 270 degrees around you.
The customization ability has so many implications that I can't fully list them out here, but suffice it to say that you could 'theorectically' have your work station up, but then rotate your desktop to more enjoyable pursuits. What those other pursuits are, I'll leave up to you, but this seriously helps de-clutter a messy desktop."
From BNet's Business Hacks:
"At its essence, 360Desktop gives you a very wide desktop that you can pan across by moving your mouse to the edges of the screen (or clicking in a small “map” of your desktop that lives at the top of the display).
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360Desktop is complemented by some gorgeous 360 degree desktop images (and you can download more). More intriguing, though, is the fact that 360Desktop works with an extensible set of downloadable widgets.
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360Destkop looks like a great way to spread out and create some virtual workspace in an elegant way."
From How To Be Mobile:
"I love the portability of my Samsung NC20; I can just put it my backpack and hit the road. The only thing it lacks is desktop space. But not anymore, with 360Desktop I can get a panoramic view of my desktop with unlimited space for my favorite apps, browsers and dozens of widgets. Trust me, if you think displaying your photograph on a 3D wall is cool, 360Desktop is 10 times more fun.
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What if you want to work on a word and an excel file at the same time and use a calculator and two more software applications simultaneously with Firefox and Chrome, clock, calendar and sticky notes on your desktop? Not kidding, you can do that! You don’t have to minimize any of them, 360Desktop will allot a space on your desktop for each of these applications without minimizing them. It creates a desktop that moves around by moving your mouse so that you can open all the windows and keep them open too!"
From AppScout:
"360Desktop gives you a wide, seamless desktop that's connected, so you can pan left or right as much as you like but you'll always return to the same place. The app is designed for two major purposes: to give people a large, wide, and circular workspace they can use to spread out without the need to flip between individual screens, and second to give Web developers a way to provide widgets and apps for their services that can be installed directly on the desktop, without the need for a Web browser.
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The beauty of an app like 360Desktop is that it turns your workspace into a Web-enabled app in its own right. It can be used to just extend your desktop if you prefer, and if you really like the idea of having a 360-degree workspace where you can pan seamlessly left to right and come back to the app you're currently running, 360Desktop can certainly give you that. The developers even offer special 360Desktop wallpapers designed to span the entire length of your 360-degree display.
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If all 360Desktop did was solve your screen real-estate problem, that would be enough; but the ability to download and launch Web apps that help you stay connected through the desktop is a big win. In addition to giving you breathing room if your screen is too small, the app could very well be one of the first viable Web-desktop solutions if widget development takes off."
From Windows Guides:
"If you like desktop customization and you use the desktop a lot, 360 Desktop is for you. The program is simple in concept, but advanced in features. Put simply, 360 Desktop gives you a 360 degree panorama to work with as your desktop, which you can spin and use to store icons and widgets on at any point in the circle."
From PCWorld:
"Content publishers and advertisers should also take note -- the platform allows brand owners to create and deliver content dynamically to their target audiences, through the desktop instead of a browser or Web page. For example, a movie studio could create a "360" that includes images from the movie, but also animated interactive scenes, movie trailers that can also be launched at specific times through the campaign.
Even enterprises can get in on the act -- they will be able to create special private "360" content that can be distributed through a private intranet, or for selected partners, to deliver content to specified desktops."
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