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  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2002<br>
  &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
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        <p align="CENTER">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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        <p align="CENTER">Washington, DC 20549
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        <p align="CENTER">FORM S-8
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        <p align="CENTER">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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        <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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        <p align="CENTER">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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        <p align="CENTER">____________________<u><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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        <p align="CENTER">DELAWARE
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      <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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        <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>
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      <td width="34%" valign="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
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        <p align="CENTER">(Address of principal executive offices)
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        <div align="center">____________________</div>
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        <p align="CENTER">AMENDED AND RESTATED 1995 STOCK PLAN </p>
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        <p align="CENTER">(Full title of the Plan)
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        </font></u>
        <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>
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      <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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        <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">Copies 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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      <div align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>CALCULATION OF
        REGISTRATION FEE</font></b> </div>
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    <td width="34%" height="63"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p align="center">Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
      </font></td>
    <td width="13%" height="63"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p align="CENTER">Amount to be Registered
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    <td width="17%" height="63"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p align="CENTER">Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share</p>
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    <td width="19%" height="63"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p align="CENTER">Proposed <br>
        Maximum Aggregate<br>
        Offering Price</p>
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    <td width="17%" height="63"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p align="CENTER">Amount of <br>
        Registration Fee
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      <div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">Amended
        and Restated 1995 Stock Plan Common Stock, $0.001 par value</font></div>
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      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">944,180
        shares</font></div>
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      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">$1.42(1)</font></p>
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      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">$
        1,340,735.60</font></div>
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      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">$
        123.35</font></p>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><br>
  (1) 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 April 30, 2002.</P>
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<P ALIGN="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">SOCKET COMMUNICATIONS,
  INC.</font></P>
<P ALIGN="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&#9;REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</font></P>
<P ALIGN="center"></P>
<P ALIGN="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&#9;PART II</font></P>
<P ALIGN="center"></P>
<P ALIGN="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&#9;INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><b>Item 3.&#9;Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</b></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">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: </P>
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<p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp (a) The Registrant's
  amended Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31,
  2001 filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
  of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").</FONT></p>
<p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp (b) The current
  reports of Registrant on Form 8-K filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange
  Act on March 15, 2002 and April 10, 2002. </FONT></p>
<p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp (c) The description
  of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on
  Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act on April 11, 1995
  and amended on June 15, 1995. </FONT></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp (d) The Registrant's
  Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan filed as an exhibit to Form S-8 on July
  27, 2001.</font></p>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">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 the Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date
  of filing of such documents. </P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><b>Item 4.&#9;Description of Securities.</b></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Not applicable.</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><b>Item 5.&#9;Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</b></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Not applicable.</P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><b>Item 6.&#9;Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</b></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">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, officers, 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. </font></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
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<P ALIGN="center"><font size="3">II-1</font></P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Insofar as indemnification
  by us for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our
  directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the provisions referenced
  above or otherwise, we have 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
  us of expenses incurred or paid by one of our 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, we will, unless in the opinion of our 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>
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<p align="left"><b>Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</b></p>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Not applicable.</P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><b>Item 8. Exhibits.</b></P>
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      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><u>Description </u></font></p>
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      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">4.1 (1)</font>
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      <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Amended and Restated 1995 Stock
        Plan. </font>
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      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>5.1</font></div>
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    <td width="82%" valign="TOP"><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>Opinion of
      Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati, P.C. as to legality of securities
      being registered.</font></td>
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      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">23.1</font></p>
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      <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp;
        Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</font></p>
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      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>23.2</font>
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      <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP,
        Independent Accountants. </font>
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      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">24.1 </font>
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    <td width="82%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Power of Attorney. (see page II-4)</font>
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  <p><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">(1) Incorporated by reference
    to exhibits filed with the Company's Form S-8 on July 27, 2001</font></p>
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<p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3> </FONT></p>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><b>Item 9. Undertakings.</b></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
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    <p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>(1) To file, during any period in which
      offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
      statement: </FONT></p>
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      <blockquote>
        <p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>(i) To include any prospectus required
          by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </FONT></p>
        <p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>(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, represent 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) 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; </FONT></p>
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p align="center"><font size="3">II-2</font></p>
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<p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>(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. </FONT></p>
      </blockquote>
    </blockquote>
  </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3><i>Provided, 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 Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration
  statement. </FONT></p>
<blockquote>
  <blockquote>
    <p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>(2) That, for the purpose of determining
      any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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. </FONT></p>
    <p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" 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. </FONT></p>
  </blockquote>
</blockquote>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
  purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filling
  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 an initial
  bona fide offering thereof. </P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">II-3</p>
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<P ALIGN="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">SIGNATURES </font></b></P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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 30th day of April, 2002. </P>
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                  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">SOCKET COMMUNICATIONS,
                    INC. <br>
                    <br>
                    </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">By:
                    <u>/s/ Kevin J. Mills<br>
                    </u></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kevin
                    J. Mills <br>
                    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">President
                    and Chief Executive Officer </font></font></p>
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<P ALIGN="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&#9;POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></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 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 Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by
  the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and
  on the dates indicated.</font></P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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      <P align="center"><u><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Signature </font></u>
    </TD>
    <TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP" height="39">
      <div align="center"></div>
    </TD>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP" height="39">
      <p align="center"><u><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Title </font></u>
    </td>
    <TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP" height="39">
      <div align="center"></div>
    </TD>
    <TD WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP" height="39">
      <P align="center"><u><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Date</font></u>
    </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD WIDTH="28%" VALIGN="TOP" height="51"> <U><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <u>/s/Kevin Mills&#9;</u><br>
      </font></U><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Kevin Mills</font></TD>
    <TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP" height="51">&nbsp;</TD>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP" height="51"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p>President and Chief Executive Officer
      </font></td>
    <TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP" height="51">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP" height="51"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <P>April 30, 2002
      </FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD WIDTH="28%" VALIGN="TOP"> <U></U>
      <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" size=3><U>/s/ Charlie Bass&#9;</u></font><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" size=3><BR>
        Charlie Bass</FONT>
    </TD>
    <TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p>Chairman of the Board
      </font></td>
    <TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <P>&nbsp;April 30, 2002
      </FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD WIDTH="28%" VALIGN="TOP" height="108"> <U></U>
      <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" size=3><U>/s/ David&nbsp;W. Dunlap &#9;<BR>
        </u></font><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" size=3>David&nbsp;W. Dunlap</FONT>
    </TD>
    <TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP" height="108">&nbsp;</TD>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP" height="108"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p>Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer
        (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
      </font></td>
    <TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP" height="108">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP" height="108"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <P>&nbsp;April 30, 2002
      </FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD WIDTH="28%" VALIGN="TOP"> <U></U>
      <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" size=3><U>/s/ Michael Gifford&#9;</u></font><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" size=3><BR>
        Michael Gifford</FONT>
    </TD>
    <TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p>Executive Vice President and Director
      </font></td>
    <TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <P>&nbsp;April 30, 2002
      </FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD WIDTH="28%" VALIGN="TOP"> <U></U>
      <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" size=3><U> /s/ Enzo Torresi&#9;</u></font><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" size=3><BR>
        Enzo Torresi</FONT>
    </TD>
    <TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p>Director
      </font></td>
    <TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <P>&nbsp;April 30, 2002
      </FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD WIDTH="28%" VALIGN="TOP"> <U></U>
      <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" size=3><U>/s/ Gianluca Rattazzi</u></font><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" size=3><BR>
        Gianluca Rattazzi</FONT>
    </TD>
    <TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p>Director
      </font></td>
    <TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <P>&nbsp;April 30, 2002
      </FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP" height="55"> <u></u>
      <p><font face="Times New Roman" size=3><u>/s/ Burnett Donoho&#9;</u></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=3><br>
        Burnett Donoho</font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP" height="55">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP" height="55"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p>Director
      </font></td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP" height="55">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP" height="55"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      April 30, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP" height="55"> <u></u>
      <p><font face="Times New Roman" size=3><u>/s/ Leon Malmed&#9;</u></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=3><br>
        Leon Malmed</font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP" height="55">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP" height="55"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p>Director
      </font></td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP" height="55">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP" height="55"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      April 30, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
</TABLE>
<p></P>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" size=3>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
</FONT>
<p align="center">II-4</p>
<hr align="LEFT" size=4>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&#9;</font></P>
<P ALIGN="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">SECURITIES AND
  EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></P>
<P ALIGN="center"></P>
<P ALIGN="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&#9;Washington,
  D.C. 20549</font></P>
<P ALIGN="center"></P>
<P ALIGN="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">EXHIBITS</font></P>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
<U>
<P ALIGN="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Registration
  Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8</font></P>
</U></FONT>
<P ALIGN="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&#9;SOCKET COMMUNICATIONS,
  INC.</font></P>
<P ALIGN="center"></P>
<P ALIGN="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&#9;</font><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>
  </FONT> </P>
<P ALIGN="center"></P>
<P ALIGN="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&#9;INDEX TO
  EXHIBITS</font> </P>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3></FONT>
<CENTER>
  <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH=680 align="center">
    <TR>
      <TD WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="bottom" height="48"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>
        <P align="center">Exhibit <u>Number</u></P>
        </FONT></TD>
      <TD WIDTH="82%" VALIGN="bottom" height="48"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>
        <P ALIGN="center"><u>Description<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3> </font></u></P>
        </FONT></TD>
    </TR>
    <TR>
      <TD WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="TOP" height="19">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD WIDTH="82%" VALIGN="TOP" height="19">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
    <TR>
      <TD WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="TOP" height="30"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>
        <P ALIGN="CENTER">4.1
        </FONT></TD>
      <TD WIDTH="82%" VALIGN="TOP" height="30"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>
        <P>Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan.
        </FONT></TD>
    </TR>
    <TR>
      <TD WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="TOP">
        <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>5.1</font></div>
      </TD>
      <TD WIDTH="82%" VALIGN="TOP"><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>Opinion
        of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati, P.C. as to legality of securities
        being registered.</font></TD>
    </TR>
    <TR>
      <TD WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="TOP" height="44"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>
        <P ALIGN="CENTER">23.1</P>
        </FONT></TD>
      <TD WIDTH="82%" VALIGN="TOP" height="44"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>
        <P>Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati, P.C. (contained
          in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</P>
        </FONT></TD>
    </TR>
    <TR>
      <TD WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="TOP"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3> </FONT>
        <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>23.2</FONT>
      </TD>
      <TD WIDTH="82%" VALIGN="TOP"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>
        <P>Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent Auditors.
        </FONT></TD>
    </TR>
    <TR>
      <TD WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="TOP"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>
        <P ALIGN="CENTER">24.1
        </FONT></TD>
      <TD WIDTH="82%" VALIGN="TOP"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=3>
        <P>Power of Attorney. (see page II-4)
        </FONT></TD>
    </TR>
  </TABLE>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>II-5</p>
  <hr align="LEFT" size=4>
  <p align="right"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Exhibit
    5.1 </font></p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Wilson Sonsini Goodrich
    & Rosati<br>
    </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">650 Page Mill Road
    <br>
    Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 </font></p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">April 30, 2002 </font></p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Socket Communications,
    Inc.<br>
    </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">37400 Central Court
    <br>
    Newark, CA 94560 </font></p>
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<blockquote>
  <p>  <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Re: Registration
    Statement on Form S-3 </b></font> </p>
</blockquote>
<CENTER>
  <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Ladies and
    Gentlemen: </font></p>
  <p align="left"><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 May 1, 2002 (the "Registration
    Statement") in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of
    1933, as amended, of 944,180 shares of your Common Stock (the "Shares") reserved
    for issuance under the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan (the "Plan").
    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 Plan. </font></p>
  <p align="left"><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 Plan and
    pursuant to the standard agreements which accompany any grant under the Plan,
    the Shares will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
    </font></p>
  <p align="left"><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>
</CENTER>
<blockquote>
  <blockquote>
    <blockquote>
      <blockquote>
        <blockquote>
          <CENTER>
            <center>
              <div align=left><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Very
                truly yours,<br>
                <br>
                </font></div>
            </center>
            <center>
              <div align=left><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">WILSON
                SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI <br>
                Professional Corporation </font></div>
            </center>
            <center>
              <div align=left><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><br>
                /s/ Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati </font></div>
            </center>
          </CENTER>
        </blockquote>
      </blockquote>
    </blockquote>
  </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<CENTER>
  <p align="left">&nbsp;</p>
  <p align="left">&nbsp;</p>
  <hr align="LEFT" size=4>
  <p align="right"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Exhibit
    23.1 </b></font></p>
  <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">CONSENT
    OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS</font></p>
  <p align="left">We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
    Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan
    of Socket Communications, Inc. of our report dated February 12, 2002, with
    respect to the consolidated financial statements of Socket Communications,
    Inc. included in its amended Annual Report (Form 10-K/A) for the year ended
    December 31, 2001, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</p>
  <p align="left">&nbsp;</p>
  <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">/s/ Ernst
    & Young LLP </font></p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">San Jose,
    California<br>
    </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"> April 30, 2002
    </font></p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p></p>
  <p align="left">&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2002
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
(Full title of the Plan)
____________________
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)
____________________
Copies 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
Proposed
Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Amended
        and Restated 1995 Stock Plan Common Stock, $0.001 par value
944,180
        shares
$1.42(1)
$
        1,340,735.60
$
        123.35
(1) 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 April 30, 2002.
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
  amended Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31,
  2001 filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
  of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
(b) The current
  reports of Registrant on Form 8-K filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange
  Act on March 15, 2002 and April 10, 2002.
(c) The description
  of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on
  Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act on April 11, 1995
  and amended on June 15, 1995.
(d) The Registrant's
  Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan filed as an exhibit to Form S-8 on July
  27, 2001.
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 the 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, officers, 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.
II-1
Insofar as indemnification
  by us for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our
  directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the provisions referenced
  above or otherwise, we have 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
  us of expenses incurred or paid by one of our 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, we will, unless in the opinion of our 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.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1 (1)
Amended and Restated 1995 Stock
        Plan.
5.1
Opinion of
      Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. as to legality of securities
      being registered.
23.1
Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &
        Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP,
        Independent Accountants.
24.1
Power of Attorney. (see page II-4)
(1) Incorporated by reference
    to exhibits filed with the Company's Form S-8 on July 27, 2001
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 of 1933;
(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, represent 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) 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;
II-2
(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)(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 Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration
  statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining
      any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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 filling
  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 an initial
  bona fide offering thereof.
II-3
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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 30th day of April, 2002.
SOCKET COMMUNICATIONS,
                    INC.
By:
/s/ Kevin J. Mills
Kevin
                    J. Mills
President
                    and Chief Executive Officer
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 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 Exchange Act of 1934, this report 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
April 30, 2002
/s/ Charlie Bass
Charlie Bass
Chairman of the Board
April 30, 2002
/s/ David W. Dunlap
David W. Dunlap
Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer
        (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
April 30, 2002
/s/ Michael Gifford
Michael Gifford
Executive Vice President and Director
April 30, 2002
/s/ Enzo Torresi
Enzo Torresi
Director
April 30, 2002
/s/ Gianluca Rattazzi
Gianluca Rattazzi
Director
April 30, 2002
/s/ Burnett Donoho
Burnett Donoho
Director
April 30, 2002
/s/ Leon Malmed
Leon Malmed
Director
April 30, 2002
II-4
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
Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan.
5.1
Opinion
        of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. as to legality of securities
        being registered.
23.1
Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (contained
          in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.
24.1
Power of Attorney. (see page II-4)
II-5
Exhibit
    5.1
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich
    & Rosati
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050
April 30, 2002
Socket Communications,
    Inc.
37400 Central Court
Newark, CA 94560
Re: Registration
    Statement on Form S-3
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 May 1, 2002 (the "Registration
    Statement") in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of
    1933, as amended, of 944,180 shares of your Common Stock (the "Shares") reserved
    for issuance under the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan (the "Plan").
    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 Plan.
It is our
    opinion that, when issued and sold in the manner referred to in the Plan and
    pursuant to the standard agreements which accompany any grant under the Plan,
    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
    23.1
CONSENT
    OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
    Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan
    of Socket Communications, Inc. of our report dated February 12, 2002, with
    respect to the consolidated financial statements of Socket Communications,
    Inc. included in its amended Annual Report (Form 10-K/A) for the year ended
    December 31, 2001, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst
    & Young LLP
San Jose,
    California
April 30, 2002