Isn't that Japanese takeout?

Seriously, I think he might be talking about this:

www.filemaker.com/products/bento/

I have no idea what it does or if it's related or useful, though. It looks like a subset of Filemaker. As far as I can tell, it has nothing at all to do with writing iPhone/iPad apps. It looks like more of an organizational thing. But then again, so does Filemaker Pro on first glance.

I think they mean "apps" not the actual ios apps that most people envision.

Filemaker is an awesome databasing tool, and as such you can build a lot of things, easily, that are related to database stuff. But don't even try to imagine building something like Angry Birds in it. The functionality just isn't there.

Mostly, you can build thing s like address books, movie databases, personnel files, etc. Their "starter solution" pack for filemaker includes: asset management, contacts. document library, email campaign, event management, expense report, medical records, field trips, home budget, inventory, invoices, lending library, music library, people management, catalogs, purchase orders, recipe book, registration, tack management, time billing, and to do lists.

FIlemaker Go is an application that lets you run (but not modify) these databases. Filemater Pro is what lets you make the databases. Bento, yes, is a stripped down version without the SQL integration options of filemaker .... intended for home users.