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FileMaker Launches "Tell Us Your Bento Story" Sweepstakes

Get three chances to win an Apple iPhone 3G between now and September.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – 9th July 2008 – FileMaker, Inc. today announced the "Tell Us Your Bento Story" sweepstakes. Bento users who describe how and why they use Bento, a personal database from FileMaker, are eligible to win a new Apple iPhone 3G.

Bento is a stylish, personal database that helps Mac users organise their work and personal life. Designed specifically for Mac OS X Leopard, Bento is an exceptionally easy way to organise contacts, calendars, projects, events and more, faster and easier than ever before. Since its release, Bento has won numerous accolades from the press.

"Bento users are super-proud of what they've created and eager to share their stories with the rest of the world," says Ryan Rosenberg, vice president marketing and services. "And now they have a chance to win a new iPhone in the process."

Bento also links with Address Book and iCal, allowing users to see their contact data on their iPhone or share it over the Web with .Mac (soon to be MobileMe).

There are hundreds of ways Bento is being used for work and for home, from managing essential business contacts, to tracking home inventory, to more exotic uses such as managing wine collections and recording dreams. For example:

  • Veronica, the novelist, uses Bento to help her manage writing her series of 13 crime novels tracking characters and plotlines
  • Richard Billam of Fireblue Design uses Bento to manage his wedding photography business helping them to collate information about the couples in the run up to the event
  • Wendy Lee of Tiannan Woods Ranch is using Bento to manage her thriving goat farm
  • Owen Findsen is cataloging the recorded works of legendary jazz artist Duke Ellington using Bento
  • Alternative health practitioner Daniel Donner uses Bento to track his marketing contacts and efforts, as well as logging Workers' Compensation cases
  • Bento is at the centre of personal trainers Heather Welborn and Nimoy Triplet's business, enabling them to keep track of clients' progress, diets and training programmes

Read more uses for Bento.

How to enter the Bento sweepstakes

To enter the sweepstakes, participants may send a Bento success story (500 words or less) to filemakerpr@filemaker.com with a subject heading of "Bento Sweepstakes." No Purchase is necessary to enter. FileMaker will award one iPhone 3G to one winner in July, August and September. Download contest rules and regulations (PDF 44KB).

About FileMaker, Inc.

FileMaker Inc. is the leader in easy-to-use database software. Millions of people, from individuals to some of the world's largest companies, rely on FileMaker software to manage, analyse and share essential information. The company's products are the FileMaker Pro line — versatile database software for teams and organisations, for Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and the web — and Bento, the personal database for Mac, iPhone and iPad. FileMaker, Inc. is a subsidiary of Apple.

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