An apparatus for a mobile device, the apparatus comprising: a support structure including a base , adapted for fixing the apparatus in place within an interior space, a coupling mechanism adapted for removably coupling the mobile device to said support structure , and wherein said support structure further includes a control unit housing ; a processor unit, housed in said housing; a wireless transceiver, operationally coupled to said processor unit and configured to communicate with the mobile device; a storage medium ; at least one of a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) slot , a mini-SIM slot or a digital media slot ; a first interior-looking camera integrated with said support structure and electronically coupled to said processor unit and said storage medium ; and at least one media sensor integrated into said support structure and electronically coupled to said processor unit and said storage medium ; said apparatus being characterized by : a forward-looking camera , said forward-looking camera integrated with, and fixedly mounted on, said support structure and electronically coupled to said processor unit and said storage medium , wherein said forward-looking camera is affixed on an adjustable coupling mount located on an adjustable arm , wherein the adjustable arm is movably mounted on said base , and wherein said forward-looking camera is adapted to be positioned so as to have a field of view through a windshield of a vehicle a support structure including a base , adapted for fixing the apparatus in place within an interior space, a coupling mechanism adapted for removably coupling the mobile device to said support structure , and wherein said support structure further includes a control unit housing ; a processor unit, housed in said housing; a wireless transceiver, operationally coupled to said processor unit and configured to communicate with the mobile device; a storage medium ; at least one of a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) slot , a mini-SIM slot or a digital media slot ; a first interior-looking camera integrated with said support structure and electronically coupled to said processor unit and said storage medium ; and at least one media sensor integrated into said support structure and electronically coupled to said processor unit and said storage medium ; said apparatus being characterized by : a forward-looking camera , said forward-looking camera integrated with, and fixedly mounted on, said support structure and electronically coupled to said processor unit and said storage medium , wherein said forward-looking camera is affixed on an adjustable coupling mount located on an adjustable arm , wherein the adjustable arm is movably mounted on said base , and wherein said forward-looking camera is adapted to be positioned so as to have a field of view through a windshield of a vehicle a forward-looking camera , said forward-looking camera integrated with, and fixedly mounted on, said support structure and electronically coupled to said processor unit and said storage medium , wherein said forward-looking camera is affixed on an adjustable coupling mount located on an adjustable arm , wherein the adjustable arm is movably mounted on said base , and wherein said forward-looking camera is adapted to be positioned so as to have a field of view through a windshield of a vehicle <EOS>