As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission		Registration No. 33 - 
on March 18, 1998
________________________________________________________________________________

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   ________

                                   FORM S-8
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                    UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                            __________________________


                              1998 Directors' Warrants


                              SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



           Delaware     						                    11-2308681              
(State or other jurisdiction of   				    (I.R.S. Employer Identification
 incorporation or organization)				         Number)


                                One Symbol Plaza
                        Holtsville, New York 11742-1300
                                (516) 738-2400			
                    (Address, including zip code and telephone
                      number, including area code, of 
                     registrant's principal executive offices)


Dr. Jerome Swartz							               Leonard H. Goldner, Esq.
Chairman of the Board and Chief				    Senior Vice President and
     Executive Officer						           General Counsel
Symbol Technologies, Inc.					         Symbol Technologies, Inc.
One Symbol Plaza     						            One Symbol Plaza
Holtsville, New York  11742-1300			   	Holtsville, New York  11742-1300
(516) 738-2400							                  (516) 738-2400
_______________________________________________________________________________
             (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone 
             number, including area code, of agents for service)




CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<TABLE>
<CAPTIONS>


_______________________________________________________________________________

                                                     Proposed
Title of Each                      Proposed          maximum     
Class of                           maximum           aggregate     Amount of
Securities to      Amount to be    offering price    offering      registration
be registered      Registered*     per share         price         fee
 <S>               <C>             <C>               <C>           <C>       
 
1998 Directors     50,000           $37.3125         $1,865,625     $565 
Warrants


____________________________________________________________________________	
											      




* There are also being registered such additional indeterminate number of 
shares of the Registrant's Common Stock as may be required to cover 
possible adjustments under the terms of each warrant.
</FN>
</TABLE>




























	-1-

	PART I

	INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

		The document(s) containing information specified by Part I of this 
Form S-8 Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") will be or have 
been sent or given to holders of the warrants listed on the cover of the 
Registration Statement as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the 
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act 
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act").  Such document(s) are not being filed 
with the Commission but constitute (along with the documents incorporated by 
reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II 
hereof), a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the 1933 
Act.

	PART II

	INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.	Incorporation of Documents by Reference

		The following documents filed with the Commission are incorporated 
herein by reference:

		(1)	Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 
31, 1997 which is the Company's latest Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 
pursuant to Section 13(a) of 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 
(the "Exchange Act") which contains certified financial statements for the 
Company's latest fiscal year for which a Form 10-K was required to have been 
filed.

		(2)	The description of the Company's Common Stock which is 
contained in a registration statement on Form 8-B dated November 23, 1987 filed 
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or reports filed 
for the purpose of updating such information.

		All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the termination of the 
offering shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and 
to be a part hereof from the time of filing of such documents.  Any statement 
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference 
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this 
Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other 
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by 
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so 
modified or so superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or 
superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.




							-2-


Item 4.	Not applicable

Item 5.	Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

		Certain legal matters related to this offering have been passed 
upon for the Company by Leonard H. Goldner, Senior Vice President, General 
Counsel and Secretary of the Company.  As of March 1, 1998, Mr. Goldner owned 
in the aggregate 59,710 shares of Common Stock.  In addition, Mr. Goldner and a 
trust for the benefit of his wife and children own options to purchase an 
aggregate of 234,550 shares of Common Stock.  Mr. Goldner disclaims beneficial 
ownership of the option to purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock held by this 
trust.
 
Item 6.	Indemnification of Directors and Officers

		The indemnification of officers and directors of the Company is 
governed by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware 
(the "DGCL").  Among other matters, the DGCL permits indemnification of a 
director, officer, employee or agent in civil, criminal, administrative or 
investigative actions, suits or proceedings (other than any action by or in the 
right of the corporation) to which such person is a party or is threatened to 
be made a party by reason of the fact of such relationship with the corporation 
or the fact that such person is or was serving in a similar capacity with 
another entity at the request of the corporation against expenses (including 
attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and 
reasonably incurred by him if such person acted in good faith and in a manner 
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the 
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he had 
no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.  Indemnification in a 
suit by or in the right of the corporation is permitted if such person acted in 
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to 
the best interests of the corporation, but no indemnification may be made in 
such suit to any person adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and 
only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which 
the action was brought determines that, despite the adjudication of liability, 
such person is under all circumstances, fairly and reasonably entitled to 
indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem proper.  Under the 
DGCL, to the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent is successful, 
on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding or 
any claim, issue or matter therein (whether or not the suit is brought by or in 
the right of the corporation), he shall be indemnified against expenses 
(including attorney's fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him.  In all 
cases in which indemnification is permitted (unless ordered by a court), it may 
be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a 
determination that the applicable standard of conduct has been met by the party 
to be indemnified.  The determination must be made by a majority vote of a 
quorum consisting of the directors who were not parties to the action or, if 
such a quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable, if a quorum of 
disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written 
opinion, or by the stockholders.  The statute authorizes the corporation to pay

							-3-

 expenses incurred by an officer or director in advance of a final disposition 
of a proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking, by or on behalf of the person 
to whom the advance will be made, to repay the advance if it shall ultimately 
be determined that he was not entitled to indemnification.

		The DGCL provides that indemnification and advances of expenses 
permitted thereunder are not to be exclusive of any rights to which those 
seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any 
by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or 
otherwise.  The Company's by-laws provide that the Company shall indemnify its 
officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by law.  Such by-law 
provisions are intended to be broader than the statutory indemnification 
provided in the DGCL.  However, the extent to which such broader 
indemnification may be permissible under Delaware law has not been established.

		The DGCL also authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain 
liability insurance on behalf of its directors, officers, employees and agents 
regardless of whether the corporation would have the statutory power to 
indemnify such persons against the liabilities insured and the Company 
maintains such insurance.

		The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company provides that no 
director of the Company shall be personally liable to the Company or its 
shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as director 
except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of liability to 
the Company or its shareholders, (ii) for acts of omissions not in good faith 
or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) 
for paying a dividend or approving a stock repurchase in violation of Section 
174 of the DGCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an 
improper personal benefit.

		The Company has agreements with all directors and executive 
officers pursuant to which they are indemnified to the maximum extent allowable 
by Delaware law.

		Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons 
controlling the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the registrant 
has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission 
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is 
therefore unenforceable.

Item 7.	Not Applicable








							-4-



Item 8.	Exhibits

		4.1		 Form of 1998 Directors Warrant Agreement

		5		   Opinion and Consent of Leonard H. Goldner
		
 23.1		 Consent of Deloitte & Touche

	23.2		 Consent of Leonard H. Goldner 
				    (included in Exhibit 5)

	 24		  Power of Attorney of Directors and certain officers 	
				    of the Company  (see page 8)

Item 9.	Undertakings

		(a)	The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

		(1)	To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being 
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

		(i)	To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the 
1933 Act;

		(ii)	To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising 
after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent 
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, 
represents a fundamental change in the information set forth in the 
Registration Statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or 
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of 
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any 
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may 
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to 
Rule 424(b) (Section 230.424(b) of this chapter) if, in the aggregate, the 
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the 
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of 
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;

		(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan 
of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any 
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(l)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the 
registration statement is on Form S-3 (Section 239.13 of this chapter) or Form 
S-8 (Section 239.16b of this chapter) and, the information required to be 
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in 
periodic reports 



							-5-

filed by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange 
Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

		(2)	That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 
1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new 
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the 
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona 
fide offering thereof.

		(3)	To remove from registration by means of a post-effective 
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the 
termination of the offering.

		(b)	The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for 
purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the 
registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the 
Exchange Act (and where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's 
annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is 
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a 
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the 
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona 
fide offering thereof.

		(c)	Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 
1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the 
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant 
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is 
against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore, 
unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such 
liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or 
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the 
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such 
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being 
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the 
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of 
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is 
against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the 
final adjudication of such issue.













							-6-

POWER OF ATTORNEY

		KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature 
appears below constitutes and appoints Dr. Jerome Swartz, Tomo Razmilovic and 
Leonard H. Goldner, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and 
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his 
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments 
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to 
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection 
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said 
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do 
and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in 
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or 
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-
fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may 
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof and the registrant hereby 
confers like authority on its behalf.

	SIGNATURES

		Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the 
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets 
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this 
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto 
duly authorized, in the Township of Holtsville, State of New York, on this 12th 
day of March, 1998.

							SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.



								By	s/Jerome Swartz               	
									Jerome Swartz
									Chairman of the Board
 
















							-7-




		Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this 
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the 
capacities and on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Signature					                Title 					                Date
<S>                           <C>                                  <C> 
                          	Chairman of the
                           	Board and Director
s/Jerome Swartz         		(Principal Executive Officer)		February 27, 1998
Jerome Swartz

s/Raymond R. Martino    		 Director					                 February 27, 1998
Raymond R. Martino


s/Marvey P. Mallement   		 Director					                 February 27, 1998
Harvey P. Mallement


s/Frederic P. Heiman    		 Director					                 February 27, 1998
Frederic P. Heiman


s/Saul P. Steinberg     		 Director					                 February 27, 1998
Saul P. Steinberg


s/Lowell C. Freiberg    		 Director					                 February 27, 1998
Lowell C. Freiberg


s/George Bugliarello    		 Director					                 February 27, 1998
George Bugliarello


s/Charles Wang			          Director					                 February 27, 1998
Charles Wang


s/Kenneth V. Jaeggi      	Senior Vice President			       February 27, 1998
Kenneth V. Jaeggi			      Finance (Chief Financial Officer)


s/Brian T. Burke         	Senior Vice President,			      February 27, 1998
Brian T. Burke 			        Controller and Chief Accounting 
					                     Officer
</TABLE>

	-8-





SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC  20549


________________________________________




EXHIBITS

TO

FORM S-8






REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER 

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

________________________________________




SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES,INC.










						-9-



	EXHIBIT INDEX

													
											                                   Sequentially
											                                       Numbered
Exhibit										                                     Page     
 

4.1    Form of 1998 Directors' Warrant Agreement				   12

5		    Opinion and Consent of Leonard H. Goldner				   17

23.1		 Consent of Deloitte & Touche						              20

23.2		 Consent of Leonard H. Goldner 
		     (included in Exhibit 5)

24		   Power of Attorney of Directors and certain officers 			
		     of the Company  (see page 8 of Form S-8)

























							-10-



















EXHIBIT 4.1
















							-11-



SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
1998 DIRECTORS' WARRANT AGREEMENT

			            10,000					                              $37.3125 		 
       Number of Shares of Common		     	            Exercise Price
	       Stock Subject to Warrant			                     Per Share


January 5, 1998   
Date of Grant

1.	Symbol Technologies, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Company") hereby 
grants you, as of the date of grant specified above (hereinafter the 
"Date of Grant"), a warrant to purchase the number of shares of common 
stock (par value $.01 per share) of the Company specified above (which 
number of shares may be adjusted pursuant to Paragraph 5 below) at the 
price per share specified above, which is the closing price of the 
common stock of the Company on the New York Stock Exchange on the Date 
of Grant.  Such shares shall be made available solely from shares of 
common stock reacquired and held in the Company's treasury.

2.	Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 3 below, you may exercise this 
Warrant as follows:

No part of this Warrant may be exercised prior to December 31, 1998.  
Subject to Paragragh 3, this Warrant may be exercisable with respect to 
25% of the total number of shares originally covered thereby on and 
after January 1, 1999 and such percentage shall increase by 25% on each 
of the next three consecutive anniversary dates of that date.  
Accordingly, on January 1, 2002, the Warrant may be exercised in its 
entirety.  This Warrant may not be exercised for a fraction of a share 
of common stock of the Company.   Delivery of any written noticed of 
exercise of this Warrant shall constitute an irrevocable election to 
exercise the Warrant to the extent indicated in said notice.

3.	This Warrant may not be exercised by you unless all of the following 
conditions are met:

(a) Counsel for the Company must be satisfied at the time of exercise 
that the issuance of shares upon exercise will be in compliance 
with applicable federal, state, local and foreign securities laws, 
securities exchange and other applicable laws and requirements.



							-12-


(b)	At the time of exercise the full purchase price for the shares 
being acquired hereunder must be paid to the Company and such 
amount as required by Paragraph 6 below, by (i) paying in United 
States dollars by cash or check, (ii) tendering shares of common 
stock of the Company owned by you for at least six months which 
have an aggregate fair market value equal to the full purchase 
price for the shares being acquired (the closing price of a share 
of common stock of the Company on the New York Stock Exchange) on 
the date of exercise, (iii) by delivery to the Company  (a) 
irrevocable instructions to deliver the stock certificate 
representing the shares being acquired directly to a broker, and 
(b) instructions to the broker to sell such shares and promptly 
deliver to the Company the portion of the sales price equal to the 
exercise price, or (iv) a combination of these methods of payment; 
and 

(c)	You must, at all times during the period beginning with the Date 
of Grant and ending on the date of such exercise, have been a 
Director of the Company, except that if you cease to be such a 
Director for reasons other than death while holding this Warrant, 
and this Warrant has not expired and has not been fully exercised, 
you may, at any time within ninety (90) days of the date of such 
cessation (but in no event after the expiration of ten years from 
the Date of Grant), with due regard to the provisions of Paragraph 
2 above, exercise this Warrant with respect to any of the total 
number of shares covered hereby as to which you could have 
exercised this Warrant on the date you ceased to be a Director.

4.         (a)	This Warrant is not transferable by you otherwise than by 
will or the laws of descent and distribution and is exercisable 
during your lifetime only by you.  If, at the time of your death, 
this Warrant has not been fully exercised, your executors, 
administrators, heirs or distributees, as the case may be, may, at 
any time within one year after the date of your death (but in no 
event after the expiration of ten years from the Date of Grant), 
with due regard to the provisions of Paragraph 2 above, exercise 
this Warrant with respect to the number of shares as to which you 
could have exercised this Warrant at the time of your death. 

(b) A warrant holder shall have no rights as a shareholder with 
respect to any shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the 
Warrant until receipt by the Company of payment referred to in 
Paragraph 3 hereof.  Except as provided in Paragraph 5, no 
adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other 
rights (whether ordinary or extraordinary, and whether in cash, 
securities or other property) for which the record date is prior 


							-13-

(c) to the date of receipt of such payment.  Nothing contained herein 
shall be construed as giving any warrant holder any right to be 
retained in the services of the Company or to continue to serve as 
a Director of the Company.

5.	In the event that the outstanding common stock of the Company shall be 
changed by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, 
merger, consolidation, reorganization, combination or exchange of shares 
or other similar event occurring after the Date of Grant and prior to 
its exercise in full, the number and kind of shares for which this 
Warrant may then be exercised and the exercise price per share shall be 
proportionately and appropriately adjusted automatically so as to 
reflect such change.  In computing any adjustment provided herein, any 
fractional shares shall be eliminated.

6.	It shall be a condition to the obligation of the Company to issue shares 
of common stock of the Company upon exercise of this Warrant that you 
(or any beneficiary or person entitled to act under Paragraph 4 above):

(a)	Pay to the Company, upon its demand, such amount as may be 
requested by the Company for the purpose of satisfying any 
liability to withhold federal, state, local or foreign income or 
other taxes incurred by reason of the exercise of the Warrant or 
the transfer of shares thereupon;

(b)	Execute such forms as the Board of Directors of the Company shall 
prescribe for the purpose of evidencing the exercise of the 
Warrant in whole or in part, as the case may be; and

(c)	Provide the Company with any forms, documents or other information 
reasonably required by the Company in connection with the grant 
and/or exercise.

	If the foregoing requirements of this Paragraph 6 are not satisfied, the 
Company may refuse to issue shares of common stock upon exercise of the 
Warrant and all rights hereunder shall become null and void.

7. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the 
substantive law, but not the choice of law rules, of the State of New 
York.  The Board of Directors shall have the power to construe this 
Agreement and to determine all questions arising hereunder.  Any 
decision of the Board shall be final and conclusive.









							-14-



	Please confirm your acceptance of this grant by executing the attached 
copy of this Agreement and returning it to Leonard H. Goldner, Senior 
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, One Symbol 
Plaza, Holtsville, NY  11742-1300.  Such action will constitute your 
agreement to abide by all of the provisions of the grant and the Warrant 
specified herein.

	
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


By:  _________________________			_________________________
								Director





























							-15-

















EXHIBIT 5










							-16-





								March 17, 1998





Symbol Technologies, Inc.
116 Wilbur Place
Bohemia, NY  11716

Dear Sirs:

		Symbol Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), 
intends to transmit for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission a 
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended on Form 
S-8 (the "Registration Statement") which relates to an aggregate of 50,000 
shares (the "Shares"), of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per 
share, which are being offered pursuant to the Company's 1998 Directors' 
Warrant Agreements (the "1998 Warrants").  This opinion is an exhibit to the 
Registration Statement.

		I am Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the 
Company.  I have acted as counsel to the Company and in such capacity have 
participated in various corporate and other proceedings taken by or on behalf 
of the Company in connection with the 1998 Warrants and the proposed offer and 
sale of the Shares referred to above as contemplated by the Registration 
Statement.  I have taken part in the preparation or examined copies (in each 
case signed, certified or otherwise proven to my satisfaction) of the 
Company's Certificate of Incorporation, its By-Laws as presently in effect, 
minutes and other instruments evidencing actions taken by its directors and 
shareholders, the Registration Statement and exhibits thereto and such other 
documents and instruments relating to the Company and the proposed offering as 
I have deemed necessary under the circumstances.  Insofar as this opinion 
relates to securities to be issued in the future, I have assumed that all 
applicable laws, rules and regulations in effect at that time of such issuance 
are the same as such laws, rules and regulations in effect as of the date 
hereof.

		I note that I am a member of the Bar of the State of New York and 
that I am not admitted to the Bar of the State of Delaware.  To the extent 
that the opinion expressed herein involves the law of Delaware, my opinion is 
based solely upon my reading of the Delaware General Corporation Law and my 
review of the Company's certified Certificate of Incorporation.
		
							-17-	

Symbol Technologies, Inc.
March 17, 1998
Page -2-



	In connection with my rendering of this opinion, I wish to note that, as 
of March 1, 1998, I own in the aggregate of 59,710 shares of the Common Stock 
of the Company.  In addition, I and a trust for the benefit of my wife and 
children own options to purchase an aggregate of 234,550 shares of Common 
Stock.  I disclaim beneficial ownership of the option to purchase 50,000 
shares of Common Stock held by the trust. 

		Based on the foregoing, it is my opinion that:

		1.	The Company has been duly incorporated under the laws of the 
State of Delaware and has an authorized capital stock consisting 
of 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 
and 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per 
share.

		2.	Subject to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement 
and compliance with applicable state securities laws, Shares 
issued upon the valid exercise of the 1998 Warrants will be duly 
authorized, legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

		I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to 
the Registration Statement and as an exhibit to any filing made by the Company 
under the securities or "Blue Sky" laws of any state.

							Very truly yours,


							/s/Leonard H. Goldner
							Leonard H. Goldner
							Senior Vice President
							and General Counsel

LHG:mk




								-18-















EXHIBIT 23.1


















								-19-









INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of 
Symbol Technologies, Inc. and subsidiaries on Form S-8 of our report dated 
February 9, 1998 appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Symbol 
Technologies, Inc. and subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 1997.






/s/Deloitte & Touche LLP
Jericho, New York
March 16, 1998




















							-20-












EXHIBIT 23.2
(Included in Exhibit 5)























								-21-


















EXHIBIT 24
(See Page 8 of Form S-8)























							-22-
 

 
 
regist\S8WARRANTS.DOC
regist\S8WARRANTS.DOC
[{"type": "S-8", "sequence": "1", "secsgml_size_bytes": 32122}]
{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES INC", "cik": "0000278352", "assigned-sic": "3577", "irs-number": "112308681", "state-of-incorporation": "DE", "fiscal-year-end": "1231"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "S-8", "act": "33", "file-number": "333-48159", "film-number": "98568058"}, "business-address": {"street1": "ONE SYMBOL PLAZA", "city": "HOLTSVILLE", "state": "NY", "zip": "11742-1300", "phone": "5165632400"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "ONE SYMBOL PLAZA", "city": "HOLTSVILLE", "state": "NY", "zip": "11742-1300"}}
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission		Registration No. 33 - 
on March 18, 1998
________________________________________________________________________________

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   ________

                                   FORM S-8
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                    UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                            __________________________

                              1998 Directors' Warrants

                              SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Delaware     						                    11-2308681              
(State or other jurisdiction of   				    (I.R.S. Employer Identification
 incorporation or organization)				         Number)

                                One Symbol Plaza
                        Holtsville, New York 11742-1300
                                (516) 738-2400			
                    (Address, including zip code and telephone
                      number, including area code, of 
                     registrant's principal executive offices)

Dr. Jerome Swartz							               Leonard H. Goldner, Esq.
Chairman of the Board and Chief				    Senior Vice President and
     Executive Officer						           General Counsel
Symbol Technologies, Inc.					         Symbol Technologies, Inc.
One Symbol Plaza     						            One Symbol Plaza
Holtsville, New York  11742-1300			   	Holtsville, New York  11742-1300
(516) 738-2400							                  (516) 738-2400
_______________________________________________________________________________
             (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone 
             number, including area code, of agents for service)

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
_______________________________________________________________________________

                                                     Proposed
Title of Each                      Proposed          maximum     
Class of                           maximum           aggregate     Amount of
Securities to      Amount to be    offering price    offering      registration
be registered      Registered*     per share         price         fee
1998 Directors     50,000           $37.3125         $1,865,625     $565 
Warrants

____________________________________________________________________________	
											      

* There are also being registered such additional indeterminate number of 
shares of the Registrant's Common Stock as may be required to cover 
possible adjustments under the terms of each warrant.
-1-

	PART I

	INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

		The document(s) containing information specified by Part I of this 
Form S-8 Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") will be or have 
been sent or given to holders of the warrants listed on the cover of the 
Registration Statement as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the 
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act 
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act").  Such document(s) are not being filed 
with the Commission but constitute (along with the documents incorporated by 
reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II 
hereof), a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the 1933 
Act.

	PART II

	INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.	Incorporation of Documents by Reference

		The following documents filed with the Commission are incorporated 
herein by reference:

		(1)	Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 
31, 1997 which is the Company's latest Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 
pursuant to Section 13(a) of 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 
(the "Exchange Act") which contains certified financial statements for the 
Company's latest fiscal year for which a Form 10-K was required to have been 
filed.

		(2)	The description of the Company's Common Stock which is 
contained in a registration statement on Form 8-B dated November 23, 1987 filed 
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or reports filed 
for the purpose of updating such information.

		All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the termination of the 
offering shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and 
to be a part hereof from the time of filing of such documents.  Any statement 
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference 
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this 
Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other 
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by 
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so 
modified or so superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or 
superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.

							-2-

Item 4.	Not applicable

Item 5.	Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

		Certain legal matters related to this offering have been passed 
upon for the Company by Leonard H. Goldner, Senior Vice President, General 
Counsel and Secretary of the Company.  As of March 1, 1998, Mr. Goldner owned 
in the aggregate 59,710 shares of Common Stock.  In addition, Mr. Goldner and a 
trust for the benefit of his wife and children own options to purchase an 
aggregate of 234,550 shares of Common Stock.  Mr. Goldner disclaims beneficial 
ownership of the option to purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock held by this 
trust.
 
Item 6.	Indemnification of Directors and Officers

		The indemnification of officers and directors of the Company is 
governed by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware 
(the "DGCL").  Among other matters, the DGCL permits indemnification of a 
director, officer, employee or agent in civil, criminal, administrative or 
investigative actions, suits or proceedings (other than any action by or in the 
right of the corporation) to which such person is a party or is threatened to 
be made a party by reason of the fact of such relationship with the corporation 
or the fact that such person is or was serving in a similar capacity with 
another entity at the request of the corporation against expenses (including 
attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and 
reasonably incurred by him if such person acted in good faith and in a manner 
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the 
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he had 
no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.  Indemnification in a 
suit by or in the right of the corporation is permitted if such person acted in 
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to 
the best interests of the corporation, but no indemnification may be made in 
such suit to any person adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and 
only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which 
the action was brought determines that, despite the adjudication of liability, 
such person is under all circumstances, fairly and reasonably entitled to 
indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem proper.  Under the 
DGCL, to the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent is successful, 
on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding or 
any claim, issue or matter therein (whether or not the suit is brought by or in 
the right of the corporation), he shall be indemnified against expenses 
(including attorney's fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him.  In all 
cases in which indemnification is permitted (unless ordered by a court), it may 
be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a 
determination that the applicable standard of conduct has been met by the party 
to be indemnified.  The determination must be made by a majority vote of a 
quorum consisting of the directors who were not parties to the action or, if 
such a quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable, if a quorum of 
disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written 
opinion, or by the stockholders.  The statute authorizes the corporation to pay

							-3-

 expenses incurred by an officer or director in advance of a final disposition 
of a proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking, by or on behalf of the person 
to whom the advance will be made, to repay the advance if it shall ultimately 
be determined that he was not entitled to indemnification.

		The DGCL provides that indemnification and advances of expenses 
permitted thereunder are not to be exclusive of any rights to which those 
seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any 
by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or 
otherwise.  The Company's by-laws provide that the Company shall indemnify its 
officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by law.  Such by-law 
provisions are intended to be broader than the statutory indemnification 
provided in the DGCL.  However, the extent to which such broader 
indemnification may be permissible under Delaware law has not been established.

		The DGCL also authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain 
liability insurance on behalf of its directors, officers, employees and agents 
regardless of whether the corporation would have the statutory power to 
indemnify such persons against the liabilities insured and the Company 
maintains such insurance.

		The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company provides that no 
director of the Company shall be personally liable to the Company or its 
shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as director 
except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of liability to 
the Company or its shareholders, (ii) for acts of omissions not in good faith 
or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) 
for paying a dividend or approving a stock repurchase in violation of Section 
174 of the DGCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an 
improper personal benefit.

		The Company has agreements with all directors and executive 
officers pursuant to which they are indemnified to the maximum extent allowable 
by Delaware law.

		Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons 
controlling the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the registrant 
has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission 
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is 
therefore unenforceable.

Item 7.	Not Applicable

							-4-

Item 8.	Exhibits

		4.1		 Form of 1998 Directors Warrant Agreement

		5		   Opinion and Consent of Leonard H. Goldner
		
 23.1		 Consent of Deloitte & Touche

	23.2		 Consent of Leonard H. Goldner 
				    (included in Exhibit 5)

	 24		  Power of Attorney of Directors and certain officers 	
				    of the Company  (see page 8)

Item 9.	Undertakings

		(a)	The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

		(1)	To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being 
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

		(i)	To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the 
1933 Act;

		(ii)	To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising 
after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent 
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, 
represents a fundamental change in the information set forth in the 
Registration Statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or 
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of 
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any 
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may 
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to 
Rule 424(b) (Section 230.424(b) of this chapter) if, in the aggregate, the 
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the 
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of 
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;

		(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan 
of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any 
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(l)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the 
registration statement is on Form S-3 (Section 239.13 of this chapter) or Form 
S-8 (Section 239.16b of this chapter) and, the information required to be 
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in 
periodic reports 

							-5-

filed by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange 
Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

		(2)	That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 
1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new 
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the 
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona 
fide offering thereof.

		(3)	To remove from registration by means of a post-effective 
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the 
termination of the offering.

		(b)	The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for 
purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the 
registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the 
Exchange Act (and where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's 
annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is 
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a 
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the 
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona 
fide offering thereof.

		(c)	Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 
1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the 
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant 
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is 
against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore, 
unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such 
liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or 
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the 
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such 
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being 
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the 
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of 
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is 
against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the 
final adjudication of such issue.

							-6-

POWER OF ATTORNEY

		KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature 
appears below constitutes and appoints Dr. Jerome Swartz, Tomo Razmilovic and 
Leonard H. Goldner, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and 
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his 
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments 
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to 
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection 
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said 
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do 
and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in 
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or 
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-
fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may 
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof and the registrant hereby 
confers like authority on its behalf.

	SIGNATURES

		Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the 
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets 
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this 
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto 
duly authorized, in the Township of Holtsville, State of New York, on this 12th 
day of March, 1998.

							SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

								By	s/Jerome Swartz               	
									Jerome Swartz
									Chairman of the Board
 

							-7-

		Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this 
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the 
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature					                Title 					                Date
Chairman of the
                           	Board and Director
s/Jerome Swartz         		(Principal Executive Officer)		February 27, 1998
Jerome Swartz

s/Raymond R. Martino    		 Director					                 February 27, 1998
Raymond R. Martino

s/Marvey P. Mallement   		 Director					                 February 27, 1998
Harvey P. Mallement

s/Frederic P. Heiman    		 Director					                 February 27, 1998
Frederic P. Heiman

s/Saul P. Steinberg     		 Director					                 February 27, 1998
Saul P. Steinberg

s/Lowell C. Freiberg    		 Director					                 February 27, 1998
Lowell C. Freiberg

s/George Bugliarello    		 Director					                 February 27, 1998
George Bugliarello

s/Charles Wang			          Director					                 February 27, 1998
Charles Wang

s/Kenneth V. Jaeggi      	Senior Vice President			       February 27, 1998
Kenneth V. Jaeggi			      Finance (Chief Financial Officer)

s/Brian T. Burke         	Senior Vice President,			      February 27, 1998
Brian T. Burke 			        Controller and Chief Accounting 
					                     Officer
-8-

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC  20549

________________________________________

EXHIBITS

TO

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER 

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

________________________________________

SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES,INC.

						-9-

	EXHIBIT INDEX

													
											                                   Sequentially
											                                       Numbered
Exhibit										                                     Page     
 

4.1    Form of 1998 Directors' Warrant Agreement				   12

5		    Opinion and Consent of Leonard H. Goldner				   17

23.1		 Consent of Deloitte & Touche						              20

23.2		 Consent of Leonard H. Goldner 
		     (included in Exhibit 5)

24		   Power of Attorney of Directors and certain officers 			
		     of the Company  (see page 8 of Form S-8)

							-10-

EXHIBIT 4.1

							-11-

SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
1998 DIRECTORS' WARRANT AGREEMENT

			            10,000					                              $37.3125 		 
       Number of Shares of Common		     	            Exercise Price
	       Stock Subject to Warrant			                     Per Share

January 5, 1998   
Date of Grant

1.	Symbol Technologies, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Company") hereby 
grants you, as of the date of grant specified above (hereinafter the 
"Date of Grant"), a warrant to purchase the number of shares of common 
stock (par value $.01 per share) of the Company specified above (which 
number of shares may be adjusted pursuant to Paragraph 5 below) at the 
price per share specified above, which is the closing price of the 
common stock of the Company on the New York Stock Exchange on the Date 
of Grant.  Such shares shall be made available solely from shares of 
common stock reacquired and held in the Company's treasury.

2.	Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 3 below, you may exercise this 
Warrant as follows:

No part of this Warrant may be exercised prior to December 31, 1998.  
Subject to Paragragh 3, this Warrant may be exercisable with respect to 
25% of the total number of shares originally covered thereby on and 
after January 1, 1999 and such percentage shall increase by 25% on each 
of the next three consecutive anniversary dates of that date.  
Accordingly, on January 1, 2002, the Warrant may be exercised in its 
entirety.  This Warrant may not be exercised for a fraction of a share 
of common stock of the Company.   Delivery of any written noticed of 
exercise of this Warrant shall constitute an irrevocable election to 
exercise the Warrant to the extent indicated in said notice.

3.	This Warrant may not be exercised by you unless all of the following 
conditions are met:

(a) Counsel for the Company must be satisfied at the time of exercise 
that the issuance of shares upon exercise will be in compliance 
with applicable federal, state, local and foreign securities laws, 
securities exchange and other applicable laws and requirements.

							-12-

(b)	At the time of exercise the full purchase price for the shares 
being acquired hereunder must be paid to the Company and such 
amount as required by Paragraph 6 below, by (i) paying in United 
States dollars by cash or check, (ii) tendering shares of common 
stock of the Company owned by you for at least six months which 
have an aggregate fair market value equal to the full purchase 
price for the shares being acquired (the closing price of a share 
of common stock of the Company on the New York Stock Exchange) on 
the date of exercise, (iii) by delivery to the Company  (a) 
irrevocable instructions to deliver the stock certificate 
representing the shares being acquired directly to a broker, and 
(b) instructions to the broker to sell such shares and promptly 
deliver to the Company the portion of the sales price equal to the 
exercise price, or (iv) a combination of these methods of payment; 
and 

(c)	You must, at all times during the period beginning with the Date 
of Grant and ending on the date of such exercise, have been a 
Director of the Company, except that if you cease to be such a 
Director for reasons other than death while holding this Warrant, 
and this Warrant has not expired and has not been fully exercised, 
you may, at any time within ninety (90) days of the date of such 
cessation (but in no event after the expiration of ten years from 
the Date of Grant), with due regard to the provisions of Paragraph 
2 above, exercise this Warrant with respect to any of the total 
number of shares covered hereby as to which you could have 
exercised this Warrant on the date you ceased to be a Director.

4.         (a)	This Warrant is not transferable by you otherwise than by 
will or the laws of descent and distribution and is exercisable 
during your lifetime only by you.  If, at the time of your death, 
this Warrant has not been fully exercised, your executors, 
administrators, heirs or distributees, as the case may be, may, at 
any time within one year after the date of your death (but in no 
event after the expiration of ten years from the Date of Grant), 
with due regard to the provisions of Paragraph 2 above, exercise 
this Warrant with respect to the number of shares as to which you 
could have exercised this Warrant at the time of your death. 

(b) A warrant holder shall have no rights as a shareholder with 
respect to any shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the 
Warrant until receipt by the Company of payment referred to in 
Paragraph 3 hereof.  Except as provided in Paragraph 5, no 
adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other 
rights (whether ordinary or extraordinary, and whether in cash, 
securities or other property) for which the record date is prior 

							-13-

(c) to the date of receipt of such payment.  Nothing contained herein 
shall be construed as giving any warrant holder any right to be 
retained in the services of the Company or to continue to serve as 
a Director of the Company.

5.	In the event that the outstanding common stock of the Company shall be 
changed by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, 
merger, consolidation, reorganization, combination or exchange of shares 
or other similar event occurring after the Date of Grant and prior to 
its exercise in full, the number and kind of shares for which this 
Warrant may then be exercised and the exercise price per share shall be 
proportionately and appropriately adjusted automatically so as to 
reflect such change.  In computing any adjustment provided herein, any 
fractional shares shall be eliminated.

6.	It shall be a condition to the obligation of the Company to issue shares 
of common stock of the Company upon exercise of this Warrant that you 
(or any beneficiary or person entitled to act under Paragraph 4 above):

(a)	Pay to the Company, upon its demand, such amount as may be 
requested by the Company for the purpose of satisfying any 
liability to withhold federal, state, local or foreign income or 
other taxes incurred by reason of the exercise of the Warrant or 
the transfer of shares thereupon;

(b)	Execute such forms as the Board of Directors of the Company shall 
prescribe for the purpose of evidencing the exercise of the 
Warrant in whole or in part, as the case may be; and

(c)	Provide the Company with any forms, documents or other information 
reasonably required by the Company in connection with the grant 
and/or exercise.

	If the foregoing requirements of this Paragraph 6 are not satisfied, the 
Company may refuse to issue shares of common stock upon exercise of the 
Warrant and all rights hereunder shall become null and void.

7. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the 
substantive law, but not the choice of law rules, of the State of New 
York.  The Board of Directors shall have the power to construe this 
Agreement and to determine all questions arising hereunder.  Any 
decision of the Board shall be final and conclusive.

							-14-

	Please confirm your acceptance of this grant by executing the attached 
copy of this Agreement and returning it to Leonard H. Goldner, Senior 
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, One Symbol 
Plaza, Holtsville, NY  11742-1300.  Such action will constitute your 
agreement to abide by all of the provisions of the grant and the Warrant 
specified herein.

	
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

By:  _________________________			_________________________
								Director

							-15-

EXHIBIT 5

							-16-

								March 17, 1998

Symbol Technologies, Inc.
116 Wilbur Place
Bohemia, NY  11716

Dear Sirs:

		Symbol Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), 
intends to transmit for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission a 
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended on Form 
S-8 (the "Registration Statement") which relates to an aggregate of 50,000 
shares (the "Shares"), of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per 
share, which are being offered pursuant to the Company's 1998 Directors' 
Warrant Agreements (the "1998 Warrants").  This opinion is an exhibit to the 
Registration Statement.

		I am Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the 
Company.  I have acted as counsel to the Company and in such capacity have 
participated in various corporate and other proceedings taken by or on behalf 
of the Company in connection with the 1998 Warrants and the proposed offer and 
sale of the Shares referred to above as contemplated by the Registration 
Statement.  I have taken part in the preparation or examined copies (in each 
case signed, certified or otherwise proven to my satisfaction) of the 
Company's Certificate of Incorporation, its By-Laws as presently in effect, 
minutes and other instruments evidencing actions taken by its directors and 
shareholders, the Registration Statement and exhibits thereto and such other 
documents and instruments relating to the Company and the proposed offering as 
I have deemed necessary under the circumstances.  Insofar as this opinion 
relates to securities to be issued in the future, I have assumed that all 
applicable laws, rules and regulations in effect at that time of such issuance 
are the same as such laws, rules and regulations in effect as of the date 
hereof.

		I note that I am a member of the Bar of the State of New York and 
that I am not admitted to the Bar of the State of Delaware.  To the extent 
that the opinion expressed herein involves the law of Delaware, my opinion is 
based solely upon my reading of the Delaware General Corporation Law and my 
review of the Company's certified Certificate of Incorporation.
		
							-17-	

Symbol Technologies, Inc.
March 17, 1998
Page -2-

	In connection with my rendering of this opinion, I wish to note that, as 
of March 1, 1998, I own in the aggregate of 59,710 shares of the Common Stock 
of the Company.  In addition, I and a trust for the benefit of my wife and 
children own options to purchase an aggregate of 234,550 shares of Common 
Stock.  I disclaim beneficial ownership of the option to purchase 50,000 
shares of Common Stock held by the trust. 

		Based on the foregoing, it is my opinion that:

		1.	The Company has been duly incorporated under the laws of the 
State of Delaware and has an authorized capital stock consisting 
of 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 
and 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per 
share.

		2.	Subject to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement 
and compliance with applicable state securities laws, Shares 
issued upon the valid exercise of the 1998 Warrants will be duly 
authorized, legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

		I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to 
the Registration Statement and as an exhibit to any filing made by the Company 
under the securities or "Blue Sky" laws of any state.

							Very truly yours,

							/s/Leonard H. Goldner
							Leonard H. Goldner
							Senior Vice President
							and General Counsel

LHG:mk

								-18-

EXHIBIT 23.1

								-19-

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of 
Symbol Technologies, Inc. and subsidiaries on Form S-8 of our report dated 
February 9, 1998 appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Symbol 
Technologies, Inc. and subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 1997.

/s/Deloitte & Touche LLP
Jericho, New York
March 16, 1998

							-20-

EXHIBIT 23.2
(Included in Exhibit 5)

								-21-

EXHIBIT 24
(See Page 8 of Form S-8)

							-22-
 

 
 
regist\S8WARRANTS.DOC
regist\S8WARRANTS.DOC