A computing device having a locked state and unlocked states, the computing device comprising: a touch screen display; means for determining whether at least one characteristic of a translation input provided on the touch screen display meets a first set of one or more criteria; and means for switching the computing device, if the at least one characteristic is determined to meet the first set of criteria, from a first, unlocked, state into a second, unlocked, state, wherein: in the first state a first application, running on the computing device, is in focus and a first display relating to the first application is displayed on the touch screen display, when the computing device is switched from the first state into the second state, the first application is terminated, and in the second state a second display is displayed on the touch screen display which includes a selectable representation of the first application and a selectable representation of a second application, wherein the first and second applications are not in focus in the second state and the selectable representation of the first application is selectable to cause the computing device to restore focus to the first application by switching the computing device from the second state back to the first state. a touch screen display; means for determining whether at least one characteristic of a translation input provided on the touch screen display meets a first set of one or more criteria; and means for switching the computing device, if the at least one characteristic is determined to meet the first set of criteria, from a first, unlocked, state into a second, unlocked, state, wherein: in the first state a first application, running on the computing device, is in focus and a first display relating to the first application is displayed on the touch screen display, when the computing device is switched from the first state into the second state, the first application is terminated, and in the second state a second display is displayed on the touch screen display which includes a selectable representation of the first application and a selectable representation of a second application, wherein the first and second applications are not in focus in the second state and the selectable representation of the first application is selectable to cause the computing device to restore focus to the first application by switching the computing device from the second state back to the first state. in the first state a first application, running on the computing device, is in focus and a first display relating to the first application is displayed on the touch screen display, when the computing device is switched from the first state into the second state, the first application is terminated, and in the second state a second display is displayed on the touch screen display which includes a selectable representation of the first application and a selectable representation of a second application, wherein the first and second applications are not in focus in the second state and the selectable representation of the first application is selectable to cause the computing device to restore focus to the first application by switching the computing device from the second state back to the first state.