FileMaker Ships Bento Personal Database

FileMaker, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of Bento, a stylish, personal database created to help Mac users organize their lives (for more info and to buy Bento, go to FileMaker's Bento page (link unavailable)). Designed specifically for Mac OS X Leopard, Bento is an exceptionally easy way to organize 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
-- 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, at Apple retail and web stores, and other places where software is sold.