Ford announced on Thursday the innovations their cars will get, and it was no surprise that the focus was put on car connectivity. Ford has actually worked a lot on this and is now claiming that they are nearing 1 million Sync-equipped cars on the road.

Ford’s connectivity goal is based on three simple principles, beamed connectivity, from satellites, brought-in connectivity, from mobile phones and built-in connectivity. Ford announced that they will be able to sync the car with a mobile phone, like the iPhone for example, in such a way that one could control the gadget from the commands on the steering wheel.

There was also a lot of talk about the MyKey system, designed to make teenager’s driving more tempered. MyKey is a system that will limit the maximum speed the car can reach at 80 mph, limit the volume of the car stereo at 40% and warn though sound alerts if the seatbelts aren’t worn. Parents will also be able to set the system to sound warnings if the car reaches a threshold of 45, 55 or 65 mph.

Ford announced that the new Focus, which will be available for sale in 2010, will be the first car equipped with MyKey. Even so, there’s a large possibility that MyKey will become a standard feature on Ford vehicles and it might also spread to Lincoln and Mercury.

The fact that Ford has thought of a way to handle some of these issues is going to be a big hit among concerned parents. Unlike on the road, a “hit” in the automobile industry, usually, means sales and profit.