Kensington AssistOne

Contribution: Industrial design and CMF

Turn your iPhone into the ultimate travel companion with the Kensington AssistOne™ Handsfree Car Device with Voice Activation. Much more than just a secure mount for your iPhone, this car device adds hands free talking, voice activated controls and amplifies sound for turn-by-turn directions and podcasts-all while charging.

The telescoping arm allows for a flexible fit that securely holds the iPhone 3 or iPhone 4, with or without cases. A spring loaded clip on the top of the arm, allows for easy mounting and removal of the iPhone. This mount also has a speaker on the backside as a fall back if the user’s car does not have Bluetooth (which was not standard in cars during this time). Pushing the large front button of the mount launches the iPhone’s Voice Control (predecessor of Siri, which did not have “Hey Siri” listening technology yet).