An apparatus comprising: a protective case configured to at least partially encompass a housing of a computing device; and one or more controls disposed on a surface of the protective case and configured to provide one or more inputs to the computing device, at least one said control: positioned to be accessible by a thumb of a user's hand when holding the protective case having the computing device disposed therein; and positioned on a side of the protective case that corresponds to a display device of the computing device, wherein the protective case is configured to at least partially encompass the housing of the computing device such that a rear portion of the housing is substantially covered by the protective case while the display device is viewable, and wherein the protective case further comprises an input portion having a plurality of keys and one or more control portions (112, 114) that include the at least one said control, wherein the at least one said control is arranged to be accessible to a user of the computing device when the rear portion of the housing is substantially covered by the protective case while the display device is viewable, characterised in that the at least one control portion (112, 114) is configured to be rotated around the sides of the computing device to coincide with the display device so that the at least one control included on the control portion (114, 112) may also be viewed and interacted with when in this configuration. a protective case configured to at least partially encompass a housing of a computing device; and one or more controls disposed on a surface of the protective case and configured to provide one or more inputs to the computing device, at least one said control: positioned to be accessible by a thumb of a user's hand when holding the protective case having the computing device disposed therein; and positioned on a side of the protective case that corresponds to a display device of the computing device, wherein the protective case is configured to at least partially encompass the housing of the computing device such that a rear portion of the housing is substantially covered by the protective case while the display device is viewable, and wherein the protective case further comprises an input portion having a plurality of keys and one or more control portions (112, 114) that include the at least one said control, wherein the at least one said control is arranged to be accessible to a user of the computing device when the rear portion of the housing is substantially covered by the protective case while the display device is viewable, characterised in that the at least one control portion (112, 114) is configured to be rotated around the sides of the computing device to coincide with the display device so that the at least one control included on the control portion (114, 112) may also be viewed and interacted with when in this configuration. positioned to be accessible by a thumb of a user's hand when holding the protective case having the computing device disposed therein; and positioned on a side of the protective case that corresponds to a display device of the computing device, wherein the protective case is configured to at least partially encompass the housing of the computing device such that a rear portion of the housing is substantially covered by the protective case while the display device is viewable, and wherein the protective case further comprises an input portion having a plurality of keys and one or more control portions (112, 114) that include the at least one said control, wherein the at least one said control is arranged to be accessible to a user of the computing device when the rear portion of the housing is substantially covered by the protective case while the display device is viewable, characterised in that the at least one control portion (112, 114) is configured to be rotated around the sides of the computing device to coincide with the display device so that the at least one control included on the control portion (114, 112) may also be viewed and interacted with when in this configuration.