Developing apps for your phone is old-school, for your car is the cool new thing

Bored with making apps for your phones? Can’t stand another fart app? Well now, Ford gives you the chance to listen to those fart apps in your car!

In all seriousness now, Ford is opening up their API in 2010 to developers to make apps for Sync. Since the iPhone, having other people make your devices famous has become all the rage; and now Ford too is jumping on this bandwagon. They plan to release Ford Sync version of the app store next year so you can download apps for your cars.

Now, if your like me and can’t really think of anything you would want to download for your car, here are the two apps students at the University of Michigan have developed.

This first is called SYNCast. SYNCast allows drivers to control Internet music, news and talk show streaming sites. So I guess if you want to search failblog while driving, there’s your chance.

The second app those students developed is called FollowMe. FollowMe does pretty much what it sounds like it does. It gives cars turn-by-turn directions to follow a lead car wherever they are going. I guess this app is probably the most useful app i could think of. Instead of giving directions, just say “Click that button, it will tell you where to go.”

We all know someones going to try and develop a “SyncFart.” Let’s just hope it doesn’t get approved.

Read [Electronista]