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<div align="right"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"> <b>As
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2005<br>
  &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><B><U>&#9;</u></b></font></P>
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        <p align="CENTER">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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      <td valign="TOP" colspan=3 height="20"> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
        <p align="CENTER">Washington, DC 20549
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        <div align="center">____________________</div>
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      <td colspan=3 height="34"> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size=5>
        <p align="CENTER">FORM S-8
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      <td valign="TOP" colspan=3> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
        <p align="CENTER">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
        </font></b></td>
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      <td valign="TOP" colspan=3>
        <div align="center">____________________ </div>
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      <td colspan=3 height="36"> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size=5>
        <p align="CENTER">SOCKET COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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      <td valign="TOP" colspan=3> <font face="Times New Roman" size=1>
        <p align="CENTER">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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      <td valign="TOP" colspan=3 height="13">
        <p align="CENTER">____________________<u><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
          </font></u>
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        <p></p>
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      <td width="33%" valign="TOP" height=1>
        <p></p>
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      <td width="34%" valign="TOP" height=1>
        <p></p>
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      <td width="33%" valign="TOP"> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
        <p align="CENTER">DELAWARE
        </font></b></td>
      <td width="33%" valign="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="34%" valign="TOP"> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
        <p align="CENTER">94-3155066
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      <td width="33%" valign="TOP">
        <p align="CENTER"> </p>
        <font face="Times New Roman" size=1>
        <p align="CENTER"><b>(</b>State of incorporation)
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      <td width="33%" valign="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="34%" valign="TOP">
        <p align="CENTER"> </p>
        <font face="Times New Roman" size=1>
        <p align="CENTER">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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      <td width="33%" valign="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="33%" valign="TOP"> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
        <p align="CENTER">37400 Central Court<br>
          Newark, CA 94560</p>
        </font></b></td>
      <td width="34%" valign="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
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      <td valign="TOP" colspan=3> <font face="Times New Roman" size=1>
        <p align="CENTER">(Address of principal executive offices)
        </font></td>
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      <td colspan=3 height=14>
        <div align="center">____________________</div>
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      <td colspan=3 height="48"><b><font face="Times New Roman">
        <p align="CENTER">AMENDED AND RESTATED 1995 STOCK PLAN<br>
          2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</p>
        </font></b></td>
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      <td valign="TOP" colspan=3> <font face="Times New Roman" size=1>
        <p align="CENTER">(Full title of the Plans)
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      <td valign="TOP" colspan=3 height=19>
        <p align="CENTER">____________________
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      <td width="33%" valign="TOP" height="84">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="33%" valign="bottom" height="84"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size=1>
        <p align="CENTER">David W. Dunlap<br>
          Chief Financial Officer<br>
          Socket Communications, Inc<br>
          37400 Central Court<br>
          Newark, CA 94560<br>
          (510) 744-2700 </p>
        </font></b></td>
      <td width="34%" valign="TOP" height="84">&nbsp;</td>
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      <td valign="TOP" colspan=3> <font face="Times New Roman" size=1>
        <p align="CENTER">(Name, address, and telephone number, including area
          code, of agent for service)
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      <td colspan="3" valign="TOP" height=19>
        <p align="center">____________________</p>
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      <td width="33%" valign="TOP" height="26">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="33%" valign="bottom" height="26"> <i><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
        <p align="CENTER">Copy to:
        </font></i></td>
      <td width="34%" valign="TOP" height="26">&nbsp;</td>
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      <td width="33%" valign="TOP" height="73">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="33%" valign="TOP" height="73"> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size=1>
        <p align="CENTER">Herbert P. Fockler, Esq.<br>
          Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati<br>
          Professional Corporation<br>
          650 Page Mill Road<br>
          Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050<br>
          (650) 493-9300 </p>
        </font></b></td>
      <td width="34%" valign="TOP" height="73">&nbsp;</td>
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      <td valign="TOP" colspan=3>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td valign="BOTTOM" colspan=5 height="34">
      <div align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>CALCULATION OF
        REGISTRATION FEE</font></b> </div>
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  <tr valign="bottom">
    <td width="37%" height="63"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p align="center"><b><font size="2">Title of Each Class of Securities to
        be Registered </font></b>
      </font></td>
    <td width="12%" height="63"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p align="CENTER"><b><font size="2">Amount to be Registered </font></b>
      </font></td>
    <td width="17%" height="63"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p align="CENTER"><b><font size="2">Proposed Maximum <br>
        Offering Price Per <br>
        Share (2)</font></b></p>
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    <td width="17%" height="63"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p align="CENTER"><b><font size="2">Proposed <br>
        Maximum Aggregate<br>
        Offering Price (2)</font></b></p>
      </font></td>
    <td width="17%" height="63"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p align="CENTER"><b><font size="2">Amount of <br>
        Registration Fee </font></b>
      </font></td>
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    <td width="37%" height="23">
      <div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">Common
        Stock, par value $0.001 per share(1)</font></div>
    </td>
    <td width="12%" height="23">
      <p align="center"></p>
      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">192,438
        shares</font></div>
    </td>
    <td width="17%" height="23">
      <p align="center"></p>
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">$1.525</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="17%" height="23">
      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">$
        293,467.95</font></div>
    </td>
    <td width="17%" height="23">
      <p align="center"></p>
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">$
        34.54</font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="bottom">
    <td width="37%">
      <div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">Common
        Stock, par value $0.001 per share (3)</font></div>
    </td>
    <td width="12%">
      <p align="center"></p>
      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">2,206,640
        shares</font></div>
    </td>
    <td width="17%">
      <p align="center"></p>
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">$1.525</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="17%">
      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">$
        3,365,126.00</font></div>
    </td>
    <td width="17%">
      <p align="center"></p>
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">$
        396.08</font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><br>
  (1) Shares of Common Stock of Socket Communications, Inc. to be registered under
  the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan.<br>
  (2) Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities
  Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating registration fee. In accordance
  with Rules 457(c) and 457(h), the computation is based on the average of the
  high and low sale prices for the Common Stock of Socket Communications, Inc.
  reported by the Nasdaq National Market on March 14, 2005.<br>
  (3) Shares of Common Stock of Socket Communications, Inc. to be registered under
  the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.</font> </P>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&#9;</font>
<P ALIGN="center">&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">SOCKET COMMUNICATIONS,
  INC.<br>
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8<br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">PART II<br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Item 3.
  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</b></font></P>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"> The following
  documents and information previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission by Socket Communications, Inc. (the &quot;Registrant&quot;) are hereby
  incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:<br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(a) The Registrant's
  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 filed
  pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;).<br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(b) The current
  report of the Registrant on Form 8-K filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange
  Act on February 23, 2005.<br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">All documents
  filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement, and prior
  to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
  offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
  shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
  and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.<br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Item 4.
  Description of Securities.</b><br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Not applicable.<br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Item 5.
  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</b><br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Not applicable.<br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Item 6.
  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.<br>
  </b></font></P>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Section 145
  of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &quot;Delaware Law&quot;) authorizes
  a court to award, or a corporation's Board of Directors to grant, indemnity
  to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification
  under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses
  incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &quot;Securities
  Act&quot;). Article VII of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and
  Article VI of the Registrant's Bylaws provide for indemnification of the Registrant's
  directors and officers and authorize indemnification of employees and other
  agents to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware Law. In addition, the Registrant
  has entered into Indemnification Agreements with its officers and directors
  and certain stockholders.<br>
  </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><br>
  Insofar as indemnification by Registrant for liabilities arising under the Securities
  Act may be permitted to its directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant
  to the provisions referenced above or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
  that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
  is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
  (other than the payment by Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by one of
  Registrant's directors, officers, or controlling persons 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 hereunder,
  Registrant will, unless in the opinion of Registrant's 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
  of such issue.</font></P>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">II-2<br>
  </font></div>
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<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Item 7.
  Exemption from Registration Claimed.</b><br>
  </font></p>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Not applicable.<br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Item 8.
  Exhibits.</b> </font></P>
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    <td width="11%" height="48">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Exhibit<br>
        <u>Number</u></font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="89%" height="48">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><u>Description </u></font></p>
    </td>
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    <td width="11%" height="12">&nbsp;&nbsp</td>
    <td width="89%" height="12">&nbsp;&nbsp</td>
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    <td width="11%" height="12">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">4.1 (1)</font>
    </td>
    <td width="89%" height="12">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Amended and Restated 1995 Stock
        Plan. </font>
    </td>
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    <td width="11%" height="24">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">4.2</font> (2)
    </td>
    <td width="89%" height="24">
      <p>2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
    </td>
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    <td width="11%" height="15">
      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>5.1</font></div>
    </td>
    <td width="89%" height="15"><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>Opinion of
      Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati, P.C.</font></td>
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    <td width="11%" height="22">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">23.1</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="89%" height="22">
      <p>Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit
        5.1).</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="11%">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>23.2</font>
    </td>
    <td width="89%">
      <p>Consent of Moss Adams LLP, <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Independent
        Registered Public Accounting Firm</font>.
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="11%">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>23.3</font>
    </td>
    <td width="89%">
      <p>Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Independent
        Registered Public Accounting Firm.</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
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    <td width="11%">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">24.1 </font>
    </td>
    <td width="89%">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Power of Attorney. (see page II-5)</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
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    <td height="63">
      <hr NOSHADE align="LEFT" width="120">
      <div align="left">
        <p>(1) Incorporated by reference to exhibits filed with the Company's
          Form S-8 filed on July 27, 2001 <br>
          (2) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement
          filed on April 29, 2004 </p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Item 9. Undertakings.</b><br>
  </font></p>
<blockquote>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(a) The undersigned Registrant
    hereby undertakes:<br>
    </font></p>
  <blockquote>
    <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(1) To file, during
      any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
      to this registration statement:<br>
      </font></p>
    <blockquote>
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(i) To include any
        prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;<br>
        </font></p>
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(ii) To reflect in
        the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
        this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
        thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
        change in the information set forth in this 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) if, in the aggregate,
        the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change
        in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &quot;Calculation
        of Registration Fee&quot; table in the effective registration statement;</font></p>
    </blockquote>
  </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">II-3<br>
  </font></div>
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<blockquote>
  <blockquote>
    <blockquote>
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(iii) To include
        any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
        previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change
        to such information in this registration statement.<br>
        <br>
        <i>Provided</i>, <i>however</i>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii)
        do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
        amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by
        the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
        Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
        </font></p>
    </blockquote>
    <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(2) That, for the purpose
      of determining any liability under the Securities 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.<br>
      </font></p>
    <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(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.<br>
      </font></p>
  </blockquote>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(b) The undersigned Registrant
    hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
    Securities 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 this 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 an initial bona fide offering thereof.<br>
    </font></p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(c) Insofar as indemnification
    for liabilities arising under the Securities 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 Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
    public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
    of such issue.</font></p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp; </p>
</blockquote>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">II-4<br>
  </font></div>
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<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>SIGNATURES
  </b></font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>THE
  REGISTRANT</b><br>
  </font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">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 City
  of Newark, State of California, on this 15th day of March, 2005.</font></p>
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              <dir>
                <dir>
                  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">SOCKET
                    COMMUNICATIONS, INC. <br>
                    <br>
                    By: <u> /s/ David W. Dunlap<br>
                    </u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;David W. Dunlap<br>
                    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Financial Officer and
                    Vice President of <br>
                    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Finance and Administration</font></p>
                  <p>&nbsp;</p>
                  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><i>&#9;</i></font></p>
                  <p align="JUSTIFY"></p>
                </dir>
              </dir>
            </dir>
          </dir>
        </dir>
      </dir>
    </dir>
  </dir>
</dir>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>&#9;POWER
  OF ATTORNEY</b></font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">KNOW ALL
  PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
  and appoints, jointly and severally, Kevin J. Mills and David Dunlap, and each
  one of them individually, as his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution,
  for him in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration
  Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other
  documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
  hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorney-in-fact, or his
  substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
  has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and
  in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p align="LEFT">
<table cellspacing=0 border=0 cellpadding=8 width=680 align="center">
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP" height="39">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>Signature
        </u> </font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP" height="39">
      <div align="center"></div>
    </td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP" height="39">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>Title
        </u> </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP" height="39">
      <div align="center"></div>
    </td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP" height="39">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>Date</u>
        </font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP" height="51"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>
      <u>/s/Kevin Mills&#9;</u><br>
      </u>Kevin Mills</font></td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP" height="51">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP" height="51">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">President and Chief
        Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director</font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP" height="51">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP" height="51">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">March 15, 2005</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP" height="67">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>/s/ David&nbsp;W.
        Dunlap &#9;<br>
        </u>David&nbsp;W. Dunlap</font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP" height="67">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP" height="67">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Chief Financial Officer
        and Vice President of Finance and Administration (Principal Financial
        and Accounting Officer) </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP" height="67">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP" height="67">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">March 15, 2005</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP" height="42">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>/s/ Charlie Bass&#9;</u><br>
        Charlie Bass</font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP" height="42">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP" height="42">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Chairman of the Board
        </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP" height="42">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP" height="42">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">March 15, 2005</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>/s/ Micheal Gifford&#9;</u><br>
        Micheal Gifford</font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Executive Vice President
        and Director </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">March 15, 2005</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u> /s/ Enzo Torresi&#9;</u><br>
        Enzo Torresi</font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Director </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;March 15, 2005</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>/s/ Gianluca Rattazzi</u><br>
        Gianluca Rattazzi</font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Director </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">March 15, 2005</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP" height="55">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>/s/ Peter Sealey</u><br>
        Peter Sealey</font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP" height="55">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP" height="55">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Director </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP" height="55">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP" height="55"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">
      March 15, 2005</font> </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP" height="55">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>/s/ Leon Malmed&#9;</u><br>
        Leon Malmed</font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP" height="55">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP" height="55">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Director </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP" height="55">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP" height="55"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">
      March 15, 2005</font> </td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">II-5<br>
  </font></div>
<hr align="LEFT" size=4>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>THE
  PLAN</b></font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"> Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, as administrator
  of Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan and 2004 Equity Incentive Plan of Socket
  Communications, Inc., has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
  Newark, State of California on the 15th day of March, 2005.</font></p>
<blockquote>
  <blockquote>
    <blockquote>
      <blockquote>
        <blockquote>
          <blockquote>
            <blockquote>
              <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">By: <u> /s/
                David W. Dunlap<br>
                </u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;David W. Dunlap<br>
                &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Financial Officer and Vice
                President of<br>
                &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Finance and Administration<br>
                </font></p>
            </blockquote>
          </blockquote>
        </blockquote>
      </blockquote>
    </blockquote>
  </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">II-6<br>
  </font></div>
<hr align="LEFT" size=4>
<p align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
  </b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Washington,
  D.C. 20549<br>
  </b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>EXHIBITS<br>
  </b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Registration
  Statement on Form S-8<br>
  </b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>SOCKET
  COMMUNICATIONS, INC.<br>
  </b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>INDEX
  TO EXHIBITS</b></font></p>
<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=800 align="center">
  <tr valign="bottom">
    <td width="11%" height="48">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Exhibit<br>
        <u>Number</u></font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="89%" height="48">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><u>Description </u></font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="11%" height="12">&nbsp;&nbsp</td>
    <td width="89%" height="12">&nbsp;&nbsp</td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="11%" height="12">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">4.1 (1)</font>
    </td>
    <td width="89%" height="12">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Amended and Restated 1995 Stock
        Plan. </font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="11%" height="24">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">4.2</font> (2)
    </td>
    <td width="89%" height="24">
      <p>2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="11%" height="15">
      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>5.1</font></div>
    </td>
    <td width="89%" height="15"><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>Opinion of
      Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati, P.C.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="11%" height="22">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">23.1</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="89%" height="22">
      <p>Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit
        5.1).</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="11%">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>23.2</font>
    </td>
    <td width="89%">
      <p>Consent of Moss Adams LLP, <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Independent
        Registered Public Accounting Firm</font>.
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="11%">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>23.3</font>
    </td>
    <td width="89%">
      <p>Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Independent
        Registered Public Accounting Firm</font>.
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="11%">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">24.1 </font>
    </td>
    <td width="89%">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Power of Attorney. (see page II-5)</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>
<table width="800" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
  <tr>
    <td height="63">
      <hr NOSHADE align="LEFT" width="120">
      <div align="left">
        <p>(1) Incorporated by reference to exhibits filed with the Company's
          Form S-8 filed on July 27, 2001 <br>
          (2) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement
          filed on April 29, 2004 </p>
      </div>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b><br>
  </b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"> </font></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">II-7<br>
  </font></div>
<hr align="LEFT" size=4>
<p align="right"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Exhibit
  5.1</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Wilson Sonsini
  Goodrich &amp; Rosati<br>
  650 Page Mill Road <br>
  Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">March 15,
  2005 </font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><br>
  </font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Socket Communications,
  Inc.<br>
  37400 Central Court<br>
  Newark, CA 94560<br>
  </font></p>
<blockquote>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b> &nbsp&nbspRe: Registration
    Statement on Form S-8</b></font></p>
</blockquote>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Ladies and Gentlemen:<br>
  </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">We have examined the Registration
  Statement on Form S-8 to be filed by you with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  on or about March 16, 2005 (the &quot;Registration Statement&quot;) in connection
  with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 2,399,078
  shares of your Common Stock (the &quot;Shares&quot;) reserved for issuance under
  the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan and 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the
  &quot;Stock Plans&quot;). As your legal counsel, we have examined the proceedings
  taken and are familiar with the proceedings proposed to be taken by you in connection
  with the sale and issuance of the Shares under the Stock Plans.<br>
  </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">It is our opinion that,
  when issued and sold in the manner referred to in the Stock Plans and pursuant
  to the standard agreements which accompany any sale under the Stock Plans, the
  Shares will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.<br>
  </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">We consent to the use of
  this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent
  to the use of our name wherever it appears in the Registration Statement and
  any amendment thereto.</font></p>
<blockquote>
  <blockquote>
    <blockquote>
      <blockquote>
        <blockquote>
          <blockquote>
            <blockquote>
              <blockquote>
                <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Very Truly
                  Yours,</font></p>
                <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">WILSON
                  SONSINI GOODRICH &amp; ROSATI<br>
                  Professional Corporation</font></p>
                <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><br>
                  /s/ Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati</font></p>
              </blockquote>
            </blockquote>
          </blockquote>
        </blockquote>
      </blockquote>
    </blockquote>
  </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><br>
  </font></div>
<hr align="LEFT" size=4>
<p align="right"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Exhibit
  23.2</b></font></p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">CONSENT
  OF MOSS ADAMS LLP <br>
  INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><br>
  We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
  on Form S-8 pertaining to the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan and 2004
  Equity Incentive Plan of Socket Communications, Inc. of our report dated February
  11, 2005, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Socket Communications,
  Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31,
  2004, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"> /s/ MOSS
  ADAMS LLP<br>
  </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">San Francisco, California
  <br>
  March 16, 2005</font></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div align="center">
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><br>
    </font></p>
</div>
<hr align="LEFT" size=4>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p align="right"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Exhibit
  23.3</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">CONSENT
  OF ERNST &amp; YOUNG LLP<br>
  INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">We consent to the incorporation
  by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the Amended
  and Restated 1995 Stock Plan and 2004 Equity Incentive Plan of Socket Communications,
  Inc. of our report dated February 11, 2004, with respect to the consolidated
  financial statements of Socket Communications, Inc. included in its Annual Report
  (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2004, filed with the Securities
  and Exchange Commission.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"> /s/ ERNST
  &amp; YOUNG LLP<br>
  </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">San Jose, California <br>
  March 14, 2005</font></p>
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As
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2005
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
____________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
____________________
SOCKET COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
____________________
DELAWARE
94-3155066
(
State of incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
37400 Central Court
Newark, CA 94560
(Address of principal executive offices)
____________________
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1995 STOCK PLAN
2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the Plans)
____________________
David W. Dunlap
Chief Financial Officer
Socket Communications, Inc
37400 Central Court
Newark, CA 94560
(510) 744-2700
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area
          code, of agent for service)
____________________
Copy to:
Herbert P. Fockler, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050
(650) 493-9300
CALCULATION OF
        REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities to
        be Registered
Amount to be Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per
Share (2)
Proposed
Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price (2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common
        Stock, par value $0.001 per share(1)
192,438
        shares
$1.525
$
        293,467.95
$
        34.54
Common
        Stock, par value $0.001 per share (3)
2,206,640
        shares
$1.525
$
        3,365,126.00
$
        396.08
(1) Shares of Common Stock of Socket Communications, Inc. to be registered under
  the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan.
(2) Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities
  Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating registration fee. In accordance
  with Rules 457(c) and 457(h), the computation is based on the average of the
  high and low sale prices for the Common Stock of Socket Communications, Inc.
  reported by the Nasdaq National Market on March 14, 2005.
(3) Shares of Common Stock of Socket Communications, Inc. to be registered under
  the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
SOCKET COMMUNICATIONS,
  INC.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
PART II
INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following
  documents and information previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission by Socket Communications, Inc. (the "Registrant") are hereby
  incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a) The Registrant's
  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 filed
  pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the "Exchange Act").
(b) The current
  report of the Registrant on Form 8-K filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange
  Act on February 23, 2005.
All documents
  filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement, and prior
  to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
  offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
  shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
  and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4.
  Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145
  of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "Delaware Law") authorizes
  a court to award, or a corporation's Board of Directors to grant, indemnity
  to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification
  under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses
  incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
  Act"). Article VII of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and
  Article VI of the Registrant's Bylaws provide for indemnification of the Registrant's
  directors and officers and authorize indemnification of employees and other
  agents to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware Law. In addition, the Registrant
  has entered into Indemnification Agreements with its officers and directors
  and certain stockholders.
Insofar as indemnification by Registrant for liabilities arising under the Securities
  Act may be permitted to its directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant
  to the provisions referenced above or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
  that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
  is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
  (other than the payment by Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by one of
  Registrant's directors, officers, or controlling persons 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 hereunder,
  Registrant will, unless in the opinion of Registrant's 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
  of such issue.
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Item 7.
  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
  Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1 (1)
Amended and Restated 1995 Stock
        Plan.
4.2
(2)
2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
5.1
Opinion of
      Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
23.1
Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit
        5.1).
23.2
Consent of Moss Adams LLP,
Independent
        Registered Public Accounting Firm
.
23.3
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP,
Independent
        Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.1
Power of Attorney. (see page II-5)
(1) Incorporated by reference to exhibits filed with the Company's
          Form S-8 filed on July 27, 2001
(2) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement
          filed on April 29, 2004
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 Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in
        the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
        this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
        thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
        change in the information set forth in this 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) if, in the aggregate,
        the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change
        in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation
        of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
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(iii) To include
        any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
        previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change
        to such information in this registration statement.
Provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii)
        do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
        amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by
        the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
        Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose
      of determining any liability under the Securities 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
    Securities 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 this 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 an initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification
    for liabilities arising under the Securities 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 Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
    public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
    of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
THE
  REGISTRANT
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 City
  of Newark, State of California, on this 15th day of March, 2005.
SOCKET
                    COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By:
/s/ David W. Dunlap
David W. Dunlap
Chief Financial Officer and
                    Vice President of
Finance and Administration
POWER
  OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL
  PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
  and appoints, jointly and severally, Kevin J. Mills and David Dunlap, and each
  one of them individually, as his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution,
  for him in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration
  Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other
  documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
  hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorney-in-fact, or his
  substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
  has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and
  in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/Kevin Mills
Kevin Mills
President and Chief
        Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director
March 15, 2005
/s/ David W.
        Dunlap
David W. Dunlap
Chief Financial Officer
        and Vice President of Finance and Administration (Principal Financial
        and Accounting Officer)
March 15, 2005
/s/ Charlie Bass
Charlie Bass
Chairman of the Board
March 15, 2005
/s/ Micheal Gifford
Micheal Gifford
Executive Vice President
        and Director
March 15, 2005
/s/ Enzo Torresi
Enzo Torresi
Director
March 15, 2005
/s/ Gianluca Rattazzi
Gianluca Rattazzi
Director
March 15, 2005
/s/ Peter Sealey
Peter Sealey
Director
March 15, 2005
/s/ Leon Malmed
Leon Malmed
Director
March 15, 2005
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THE
  PLAN
Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, as administrator
  of Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan and 2004 Equity Incentive Plan of Socket
  Communications, Inc., has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
  Newark, State of California on the 15th day of March, 2005.
By:
/s/
                David W. Dunlap
David W. Dunlap
Chief Financial Officer and Vice
                President of
Finance and Administration
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SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
  D.C. 20549
EXHIBITS
Registration
  Statement on Form S-8
SOCKET
  COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
INDEX
  TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1 (1)
Amended and Restated 1995 Stock
        Plan.
4.2
(2)
2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
5.1
Opinion of
      Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
23.1
Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit
        5.1).
23.2
Consent of Moss Adams LLP,
Independent
        Registered Public Accounting Firm
.
23.3
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP,
Independent
        Registered Public Accounting Firm
.
24.1
Power of Attorney. (see page II-5)
(1) Incorporated by reference to exhibits filed with the Company's
          Form S-8 filed on July 27, 2001
(2) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement
          filed on April 29, 2004
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Exhibit
  5.1
Wilson Sonsini
  Goodrich & Rosati
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050
March 15,
  2005
Socket Communications,
  Inc.
37400 Central Court
Newark, CA 94560
Re: Registration
    Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have examined the Registration
  Statement on Form S-8 to be filed by you with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  on or about March 16, 2005 (the "Registration Statement") in connection
  with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 2,399,078
  shares of your Common Stock (the "Shares") reserved for issuance under
  the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan and 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the
  "Stock Plans"). As your legal counsel, we have examined the proceedings
  taken and are familiar with the proceedings proposed to be taken by you in connection
  with the sale and issuance of the Shares under the Stock Plans.
It is our opinion that,
  when issued and sold in the manner referred to in the Stock Plans and pursuant
  to the standard agreements which accompany any sale under the Stock Plans, the
  Shares will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We consent to the use of
  this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent
  to the use of our name wherever it appears in the Registration Statement and
  any amendment thereto.
Very Truly
                  Yours,
WILSON
                  SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
Professional Corporation
/s/ Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Exhibit
  23.2
CONSENT
  OF MOSS ADAMS LLP
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
  on Form S-8 pertaining to the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan and 2004
  Equity Incentive Plan of Socket Communications, Inc. of our report dated February
  11, 2005, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Socket Communications,
  Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31,
  2004, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ MOSS
  ADAMS LLP
San Francisco, California
March 16, 2005
Exhibit
  23.3
CONSENT
  OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation
  by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the Amended
  and Restated 1995 Stock Plan and 2004 Equity Incentive Plan of Socket Communications,
  Inc. of our report dated February 11, 2004, with respect to the consolidated
  financial statements of Socket Communications, Inc. included in its Annual Report
  (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2004, filed with the Securities
  and Exchange Commission.
/s/ ERNST
  & YOUNG LLP
San Jose, California
March 14, 2005