FileMaker Press Release
FileMaker Ships Bento, the Stylish Personal Database for Leopard
Organizes Address Book, iCal and more in one place
With the intuitive iTunes-style interface in Bento, users can
accomplish any of the following in minutes:
• Manage virtually
unlimited contact details
• Coordinate events,
parties, and fundraisers
• Track projects,
assignments and deadlines
• Connect related
information together to see more details
• Prioritize things that
need to get done
• Catalog inventory,
donations and items for sale
• Record hours worked and
payments due
• Assign ratings to
service providers and sellers
• Create libraries for
music, movies and media
• Store files and photos
related to projects and events
Bento is affordably priced at $49 U.S., or $99 for a family pack
of five licenses, and is available on the FileMaker Web store (
store.filemaker.com
), at
Apple retail and web stores, and other places where software is
sold.
Singing Bento’s praises
Since the public preview of Bento began Nov. 13, more than 140,000
copies have been downloaded. And users and the media have been
praising Bento’s breakthroughs:
“I, for one, never thought I’d see a database
able to achieve that level of simplicity. Yet another reason to
consider a Mac?”
NetworkWorld.com
“FileMaker’s new database has a friendly iWork
look and feel. It’s a database for the rest of
us.” MacLife
“With Bento, I can organize everything, including
projects, deadlines and tasks. My fellow designers are amazed at
Bento’s intuitiveness, ease-of-use, and ability to be
changed on the fly. They are all clamoring for it,” says
designer Gordon Wong.
“As an optometrist, I also do a lot of presentations and
projects. With Bento, I can organize presentations and track
projects, to-dos, timelines and deadlines,” reports Dr.
John Warren. “I’ve been searching for a tool
that works smoothly with Mail, iCal and Address Book –
and Bento delivers.”
System Requirements
Bento requires Mac OS X v.10.5 Leopard on a Mac computer with an
Intel, PowerPC G5 or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor. A
minimum of 512MB of RAM and 1GB of hard drive space is recommended.
A CD drive is required for installation of boxed software.
About FileMaker, Inc.
FileMaker, Inc. develops award-winning database software. Its
products include the legendary FileMaker Pro product line for
Windows, Mac and the Web, and the new Bento personal database for
Mac. Millions of customers, from individuals to large
organizations, rely on FileMaker, Inc. software to manage, analyze
and share information. FileMaker, Inc. is a subsidiary of Apple
Inc. (AAPL).