FileMaker ships Bento personal database software

Posted by Dennis Sellers Jan 8, 2008 at 6:46am

FileMaker Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple, has released Bento, a US$49 personal database, after a period of beta testing. Designed specifically for Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”), Bento lets you organize contacts, calendars, projects, events, and more – all in one place.

Bento is designed to complement iWork (as well as other Apple software). With the software, you can drag and drop or point and click to change the look of any form, and see information in a way that makes sense to you, Rosenberg says. You can customize fonts, fields, colors, columns, shading and more.

Bento takes advantage of many of the new features of Leopard, including live linking to iCal data, core animation, advanced find, Time Machine backups, and multimedia features. With the software you can do things like: 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; and store files and photos related to projects and events

The “Macsimum MWSF 2007 Coupon Book” is available for download. You can find it here and print it as a PDF. It has discounts, special offers and promotions in conjunction with the upcoming Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco.

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