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  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2006<br>
  &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;Registration No. 333-&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font>
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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
        </font></b></td>
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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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        <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.
        </font></b></td>
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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>
      </td>
      <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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        <p align="CENTER"> </p>
        <font face="Times New Roman" size=1>
        <p align="CENTER"><b>(</b>State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
          or organization)
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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 Number)
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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="19"><b><font face="Times New Roman">
        <p align="CENTER">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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        <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"><font size="2">David W. Dunlap<br>
          Chief Financial Officer<br>
          Socket Communications, Inc<br>
          37400 Central Court<br>
          Newark, CA 94560<br>
          (510) 744-2700 </font></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"><font size="2">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 </font></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>
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    <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>
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    <td width="37%" height="23">
      <div align="left"><font size="2">Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
        (1)</font></div>
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    <td width="12%" height="23">
      <p align="center"></p>
      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">1,260,566
        shares</font></div>
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    <td width="17%" height="23">
      <p align="center"></p>
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">$1.24</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="17%" height="23">
      <div align="center"><font size="2">$ 1,563,101.84</font></div>
    </td>
    <td width="17%" height="23">
      <p align="center"></p>
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">$
        183.98 </font></p>
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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 2004 Equity Incentive 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 7, 2006.<br>
  </font></P>
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<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 "Registrant") 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, 2005 filed
  pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the "Exchange Act").<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 14, 2006. </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 "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.</font></P>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"> 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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      <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>
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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="24">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">4.1</font> (1)
    </td>
    <td width="89%" height="24">
      <p>2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
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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>
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    <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>
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    <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>
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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>
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    <td height="50">
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      <div align="left">
        <p>(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement
          filed on April 29, 2004<br>
        </p>
      </div>
    </td>
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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 "Calculation
        of Registration Fee" 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>
      <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>
        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 with or furnished
        to the Securities and Exchange Commission 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.
      </font></p>
    <p>(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under
      the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities,
      the Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the
      Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting
      method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are
      offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications,
      the Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered
      to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: (i) any preliminary
      prospectus or prospectus of the Registrant relating to the offering required
      to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (ii) any free writing prospectus relating
      to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the Registrant or used or referred
      to by the Registrant; (iii) the portion of any other free writing prospectus
      relating to the offering containing material information about the Registrant
      or its securities provided by or on behalf of the Registrant; and (iv) any
      other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the Registrant
      to the purchaser.</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. </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>
</blockquote>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">II-4<br>
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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">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 6th day of March, 2006.</p>
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                  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">SOCKET
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                    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>
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<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>&#9;POWER
  OF ATTORNEY</b></font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">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.</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>March 6, 2006
    </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>March 6, 2006
    </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>March 6, 2006
    </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>March 6, 2006
    </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 6, 2006</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>March 6, 2006
    </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 6, 2006</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 6, 2006</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">&nbsp;</p>
<div align="center"> </div>
<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 the 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 6th day of
  March, 2006.</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>
<div align="center"> </div>
<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>
<hr NOSHADE align="center" width="100%">
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b> EXHIBITS<br>
  </b></font> </div>
<hr NOSHADE align="center" width="100%">
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b> <br>
  </b></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Registration
  Statement on Form S-8<br>
  <br>
  </b></font> </div>
<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="24">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">4.2</font> (1)
    </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="22">
      <hr NOSHADE align="LEFT" width="120">
      <div align="left">
        <p>(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement
          filed on April 29, 2004<br>
        </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>
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As
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2006
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 or other jurisdiction of incorporation
          or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
37400 Central Court
Newark, CA 94560
(Address of principal executive offices)
____________________
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)
1,260,566
        shares
$1.24
$ 1,563,101.84
$
        183.98
(1) Shares of Common Stock of Socket Communications, Inc. to be registered under
  the 2004 Equity Incentive 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 7, 2006.
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, 2005 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 14, 2006.
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)
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 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;
II-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.
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 with or furnished
        to the Securities and Exchange Commission 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.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under
      the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities,
      the Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the
      Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting
      method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are
      offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications,
      the Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered
      to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: (i) any preliminary
      prospectus or prospectus of the Registrant relating to the offering required
      to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (ii) any free writing prospectus relating
      to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the Registrant or used or referred
      to by the Registrant; (iii) the portion of any other free writing prospectus
      relating to the offering containing material information about the Registrant
      or its securities provided by or on behalf of the Registrant; and (iv) any
      other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the Registrant
      to the purchaser.
(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 6th day of March, 2006.
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 6, 2006
/s/ David W.
        Dunlap
David W. Dunlap
Chief Financial Officer
        and Vice President of Finance and Administration (Principal Financial
        and Accounting Officer)
March 6, 2006
/s/ Charlie Bass
Charlie Bass
Chairman of the Board
March 6, 2006
/s/ Micheal Gifford
Micheal Gifford
Executive Vice President
        and Director
March 6, 2006
/s/ Enzo Torresi
Enzo Torresi
Director
March 6, 2006
/s/ Gianluca Rattazzi
Gianluca Rattazzi
Director
March 6, 2006
/s/ Peter Sealey
Peter Sealey
Director
March 6, 2006
/s/ Leon Malmed
Leon Malmed
Director
March 6, 2006
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THE
  PLAN
Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, as administrator
  of the 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 6th day of
  March, 2006.
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
4.2
(1)
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 the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement
          filed on April 29, 2004
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