Product Description

Meet Bento, the new personal database from FileMaker that’s as easy to use as your Mac. It organizes all the details of your busy life in one place. So you can manage contacts, coordinate events, track projects, and prioritize tasks faster and easier than ever before.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5181 in Software
• Brand: Filemaker Inc.
• Model: TP936LLA
• Released on: 2008-01-08
• Platform: Macintosh
• Format: CD-ROM
• Dimensions: .15 pounds

Features

• Links directly to Mac OS X Address Book and iCal
• Imports spreadsheets and other CSV files
• Comes with ready-to-use templates and themes
• Works with iPhone and .Mac (through Address Book and iCal)
• Important System Requirements: Bento requires Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, a Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4, 867 MHz or faster processor, 512MB of RAM; 1GB recommended, a CD drive is required for installation of boxed product software

Customer Reviews

Bento Database
I am able to use the product, but it is not as flexible or adaptable as I would like it to have been. It would be nice to be able to 'link' from one record to another. It would be nice to be able to 'export' and 'import' 'Forms'. It would be nice to be able to construct or modify some of the multi-level 'Fields'. I would like more control over the font formatting. There are a number of impressive but useless capabilities such as the Format > Themes capability.

All in all, I found it relatively easy to use and would buy it again...

Easy & Elegant
If you are a Mac user, have made the "Leopard Leap" (to Mac OS 10.5) and are looking for an easy to use database product with a simple and elegant interface, Bento is for you. Plus the price is certainly right! I downloaded the trial version and gave it a spin for about two weeks just to make sure it would be useful for our small, mom & pop business. I like the way it syncs with Address Book (the built-in application that comes with the Mac OS). I have read some complaints that you can't print address labels and such from Bento, but I don't find this to be a problem since you can print them from Address Book and all the information you have entered into Bento is there. If I was running a large company and needed database software, I would not recommend it, but it isn't made for that. Overall, for a "1.0" software product, I would say it was a very good buy.

Apple Keeps It Simple
For anybody who needs a simple database program that is easy-to-use, Bento is fantastic. The integration with Address Book makes things so easy.