Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for securing a compact portable device to an external arrangement and the device includes a base attachable to the external arrangement, a panel, an attachment for securing the compact portable device to the panel. The movement element movably connecting the panel to the base in a manner such that the panel can selectively be oriented in one orientation to support the compact portable device generally facing relationship to the base generally and in another orientation in which the compact portable device is not in generally facing relationship to the base. The apparatus having a swivel portion, permitting a mobile device to be placed in either vertical or horizontal orientation with respect to the tongue and base of the apparatus.