FileMaker Ships Bento, the Stylish Personal Database for Leopard

Organises Address Book, iCal and more in one place

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – 8th January 2008 – FileMaker, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of Bento, a stylish, personal database created to help Mac users organise their lives (for more info and to buy Bento, go to www.filemaker.co.uk/bento). Designed specifically for Mac OS X Leopard, Bento is an exceptionally easy way to organise contacts, calendars, projects, events, and more – all 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
  • Prioritise things that need to get done
  • Catalogue 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 £29 incl. VAT, or £59 incl. VAT for a family pack of five licenses, and is available on the FileMaker Web store (www.filemaker.co.uk/bentostore), 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:

"Bento looks a tasty treat. With the rumour mills doing overtime on the talk of the super-slim MacBook, it is a database that could be the real shining star of 2008."
MacUser – 23/11/07

"While Bento is being sold as a database, it looks more like a full-blown application 'improvement' environment that could be ideal for frustrated Mac users."
MacUser.co.uk – 26/11/07

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.

Media Contacts:

Helen Carroll/Michael Darren
+44 (0) 845 3700 655
filemaker@octopuscomms.net

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 organisations, rely on FileMaker, Inc. software to manage, analyse and share information. FileMaker, Inc. is a subsidiary of Apple Inc. (AAPL).