Re: How about a side pocket?
"If any jean designers bother to read El Reg forums, how about a pocket along the upper right or left side of the thigh? (I call prior art)"
Somebody did that in the era of PDAs, if I remember right. It was a very discrete zippered pocket along the seam of the pant leg.
Ah-ha!
http://the-gadgeteer.com/2002/02/21/dockers_mobile_pant_review/
Eww, pleated front.