FileMaker on Tuesday launched an iPhone and iPod Touch version of its Bento personal database for the Mac.

Like the larger application, the new version offers templates that people can easily configure to organize data ranging from photos, contacts, and calendar information to spreadsheets and documents. The application includes 25 prebuilt templates for organizing information, and also works with data already in applications on the Apple devices, such as contacts, the Safari browser, e-mail, and Google maps.

The software can synchronize with the Mac version to keep desktop and mobile data up to date. However, the iPhone version is a standalone application and doesn't need the desktop version. The synchronization requires Bento 2.0v4 or later on the Mac.

The latest Mac version, also released Tuesday, has an iTunes-like device list that shows the iPhone. Like choosing playlists to sync the iPhone and iPods with iTunes on a Mac or PC, people choose which database on the iPhone and iPod Touch they want to synchronize with their Mac.

Bento for iPhone costs $5 and is available through the Apple App Store. The Mac version costs $49.

FileMaker in January released FileMaker Pro 10, which marked a comeback attempt by the vendor on the Windows desktop. FileMaker Pro consistently has been the preferred database of Mac users, but has been a distant second on Windows PCs to Microsoft's Access.

The first upgrade since July 2007, FileMaker Pro 10 boasts a slick new user interface that offers three different views of data simply by clicking on one of three closely grouped icons: form, list, or table.

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