IO Denim Jeans Are Designed for Your Smartphone

From skinny to flared, jeans come in a wide range of styles — and now, you can add denim designed for smartphones to the mix.

Combining fashion and technology, I/O Denim are jeans that have a pocket on the left leg, in between the knee and the hip along the seam, according to the company's website. Trademarked the I/O Pocket, it fits any smartphone that has a 4.8-inch screen or smaller, including Apple's iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy S devices.

While they're hardly groundbreaking, I/O Denim's creators say their jeans cater to people who struggle to access mobile phones from standard jean pockets. CEO Anand Venkatrao was inspired to create the line after nearly getting into a car accident on the freeway while trying to retrieve his phone. Read more...