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  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March l8, 2011<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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        <div align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size=5> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">UNITED
          STATES<br>
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        <div align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size=5><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">
          </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
          COMMISSION</font></font></b></div>
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        <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Washington,
          D.C. 20549</font>
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        <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">____________________</font></div>
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      <td colspan=3 height="34"> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size=5>
        <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">FORM S-8
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        <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">REGISTRATION
          STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font>
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        <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">____________________
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      <td colspan=3 height="36"> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size=5>
        <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">SOCKET MOBILE,
          INC.</font>
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        <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">(Exact
          name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">
          </font>
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        <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">____________________<u><font size="3">
          </font></u> </font>
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        <p>&nbsp;</p>
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      <td width="33%" valign="TOP" height=1>
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
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      <td width="34%" valign="TOP" height=1>
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
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      <td width="33%" valign="TOP"> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
        <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">DELAWARE
          </font>
        </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"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">94-3155066
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        <p align="CENTER"> </p>
        <font face="Times New Roman" size=1>
        <p align="CENTER"><font size="2">(State or other jurisdiction of<br>
          incorporation or organization)</font>
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      <td width="33%" valign="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="34%" valign="TOP">
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        <font face="Times New Roman" size=1>
        <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">(I.R.S.
          Employer<br>
          Identification Number)</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">
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      <td width="33%" valign="TOP"> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
        <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">39700 Eureka
          Drive<br>
          Newark, CA 94560</font></p>
        </font></b></td>
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        <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">(Address
          of principal executive offices)</font>
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        <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">____________________</font></div>
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      <td colspan=3 height="19"><b><font face="Times New Roman">
        <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><br>
          2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</font></p>
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        <p align="CENTER"><font size="2">(Full title of the plans)</font>
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        <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">____________________
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      <td width="33%" valign="bottom" height="84"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size=1>
        <p align="CENTER"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="3"><br>
          David W. Dunlap<br>
          Chief Financial Officer<br>
          Socket Mobile, Inc<br>
          39700 Eureka Drive<br>
          Newark, CA 94560</font></font></p>
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        <p align="CENTER"><font size="2">(Name and address of agent for service)</font>
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        <div align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size=1><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="3"><br>
          (510) 933-3000</font></font></font></b></div>
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        <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">(Telephone
          number, including area code, of agent for service) </font>
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        <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">____________________</font></p>
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      <td width="33%" valign="bottom" height="26"> <i><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
        <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Copy to:
          </font>
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      <td width="33%" valign="TOP" height="73"> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size=1>
        <p align="CENTER"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">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>
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  <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Indicate by check
    mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
    a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions
    of &quot;large accelerated filer,&quot; &quot;accelerated filer&quot; and
    &quot;smaller reporting company&quot; in Rule 12b 2 of the Exchange Act.<br>
    Large accelerated filer / / Accelerated filer / / <br>
    Non-accelerated filer / / (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller
    reporting company / X /<br>
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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="37%" height="63"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p align="center"><font size="3"><b>Title of Each Class of Securities to
        be Registered </b> </font>
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    <td width="12%" height="63"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p align="CENTER"><font size="3"><b>Amount to be<br>
        Registered (1)</b> </font>
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    <td width="17%" height="63"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p align="CENTER"><font size="3"><b>Proposed Maximum<br>
        Offering Price<br>
        Per Share (2)</b></font></p>
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    <td width="17%" height="63"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p align="CENTER"><font size="3"><b>Proposed Maximum<br>
        Aggregate Offering<br>
        Price (2)</b></font></p>
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    <td width="17%" height="63"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p align="CENTER"><font size="3"><b>Amount of Registration Fee</b> </font>
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      <div align="left"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Common
        Stock, par value $0.001 per share (3)</font></div>
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      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">381,974
        shares</font></div>
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      <p align="center"></p>
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">$
        1.945</font></p>
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    <td width="17%" height="23">
      <div align="center"><font size="3">$ 742,939.43</font></div>
    </td>
    <td width="17%" height="23">
      <p align="center"></p>
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">$
        86.26 </font></p>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><br>
  (1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
  Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant's Common
  Stock that become issuable under the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan by reason of
  any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
  effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant's
  outstanding shares of common stock. <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 uses $1.945 per share price, based
  on the average of the high and low sale prices for the Common Stock of Socket
  Mobile, Inc. reported by the Nasdaq Capital Market on March 17, 2011.<br>
  (3) Shares of Common Stock of Socket Mobile, Inc. to be registered under the
  2004 Equity Incentive Plan.</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><br>
  </font></P>
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<P ALIGN="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">SOCKET MOBILE,
  INC.<br>
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 </font></P>
<P ALIGN="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><br>
  <b>Explanatory Statement</b></font></P>
<P ALIGN="left">All of the 381,974 shares of Common Stock of Socket Mobile, Inc.
  (the &quot;Registrant&quot;) under this Registration Statement are to be registered
  under the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan. This number includes 229,895 shares of
  Common Stock that were previously reserved for issuance pursuant to the 1995
  Stock Plan (the &quot;1995 Plan&quot;) of Registrant on a Registration Statement
  on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on April 11, 1995 and as amended on Form
  8-A/A filed with the Commission on June 15, 1995, and were subject to awards
  under the 1995 Plan that have expired or otherwise terminated without having
  been exercised. </P>
<P ALIGN="center">&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">PART II<br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="center">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><br>
  <b>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</b></font></P>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
  following documents and information previously filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission by the Registrant are hereby incorporated by reference in
  this Registration Statement:</font></p>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)
  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
  31, 2010 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2011
  pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;).</font></P>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)
  The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission on February 17, 2011 and February 24, 2011.</font></P>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">(c)
  The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's
  Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on April 11, 1995
  and as amended on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on June 15, 1995, registering
  such shares pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment
  or report updating such descriptions.</font></P>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.</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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not
  applicable.<br>
  <b><br>
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</b><br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Section
  145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &quot;Delaware Law&quot;) authorizes
  a court to award, or a corporation's Board of Directors to grant, indemnity
  to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification
  under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses
  incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &quot;Securities
  Act&quot;). Article VII of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and
  Article VI of the Registrant's Bylaws provide for indemnification of the Registrant's
  directors and officers and authorize indemnification of employees and other
  agents to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware Law. In addition, the Registrant
  has entered into Indemnification Agreements with its officers and directors.</font></P>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><br>
  <br>
  <br>
  </font></P>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">2<br>
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<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>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.</p>
<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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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, Times, serif" size="3">Exhibit<br>
        Number</font></p>
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    <td width="85%" height="34" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Description<u>
        </u></font></p>
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    <td width="9%" height="12"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp</font></td>
    <td width="6%" height="12"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp</font></td>
    <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="85%" height="12"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp</font></td>
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    <td width="9%" height="9">
      <p align="right"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">4.1</font>
    </td>
    <td width="6%" height="9">
      <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(1)
        </font>
    </td>
    <td width="10%" height="9">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="85%" height="9">
      <p>2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
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    <td width="9%" height="15">
      <div align="right"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">5.1</font></div>
    </td>
    <td width="6%" height="15">
      <div align="center"></div>
    </td>
    <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="85%" height="15">Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati,
      P.C.</td>
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    <td width="9%" height="22">
      <p align="right"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">23.1</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="6%" height="22">
      <p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
    </td>
    <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="85%" height="22">
      <p>Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit
        5.1).</p>
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    <td width="9%">
      <p align="right"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">23.2</font>
    </td>
    <td width="6%">
      <p align="center">&nbsp;
    </td>
    <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="85%">
      <p>Consent of Moss Adams LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
    </td>
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    <td width="9%">
      <p align="right"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">24.1</font>
    </td>
    <td width="6%">
      <p align="center">&nbsp;
    </td>
    <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="85%">
      <p>Power of Attorney (see page II-5).
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      <hr NOSHADE align="LEFT" width="120">
      <div align="left">
        <p>(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement
          filed on April 1, 2010.</p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Item 9. Undertakings.</b><br>
  </font></p>
<blockquote>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(a) The undersigned Registrant
    hereby undertakes:<br>
    </font></p>
  <blockquote>
    <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(1) To file, during
      any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
      to this Registration Statement:</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">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus
        any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration
        Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
        individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
        information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
        the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
        (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
        which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
        estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
        filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
        the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change
        in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &quot;Calculation
        of Registration Fee&quot; table in the effective registration statement;
        </font></p>
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><br>
        </font></p>
    </blockquote>
  </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">3<br>
  </font></div>
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<blockquote>
  <blockquote>
    <blockquote>
      <p>(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.<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">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.</font></p>
    </blockquote>
  </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"> <i>Provided</i>, <i>however</i>,
  that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required
  to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
  in periodic reports filed 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>
  <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.</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>
  </blockquote>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">(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">(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">4<br>
  </font></div>
<hr align="LEFT" size=4>
<p align="center"></p>
<p align="center"></p>
<p align="center"></p>
<p align="center"></p>
<p align="center"></p>
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<p align="center"></p>
<p align="center"></p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>SIGNATURES
  </b></font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>THE
  REGISTRANT</b><br>
  </font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>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 16th day of March, 2011.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><br>
  </font></p>
<table width="40%" border="0" align="right">
  <tr>
    <td><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">SOCKET MOBILE, INC.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">By: <u>/s/
        David W. Dunlap</u></font></div>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">David W. Dunlap</font></div>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Chief
        Financial Officer and Vice President of</font></div>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Finance
        and Administration</font></div>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">&nbsp;
  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
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  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </font></p>
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<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>&#9;</b></font></p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>POWER
  OF ATTORNEY</b></font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>KNOW
  ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
  constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally, Kevin J. Mills and David W.
  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" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Signature<u>
        </u> </font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP" height="39">
      <div align="center"></div>
    </td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP" height="39" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Title<u>
        </u> </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP" height="39">
      <div align="center"></div>
    </td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP" height="39" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Date
        </font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP" height="51"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>
      <u>/s/Kevin J. Mills&#9;</u><br>
      </u>Kevin J. 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 <br>
        (Principal Executive Officer) and Director</font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP" height="51">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP" height="51">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">March 11, 2011 </font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP" height="67">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>/s/ David&nbsp;W.
        Dunlap &#9;<br>
        </u>David&nbsp;W. Dunlap</font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP" height="67">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP" height="67">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Chief Financial Officer
        and Vice President of Finance and Administration <br>
        (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP" height="67">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP" height="67">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">March 11, 2011 </font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP" height="42">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>/s/ Charlie Bass&#9;</u><br>
        Charlie Bass</font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP" height="42">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP" height="42">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Chairman of the Board
        </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP" height="42">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP" height="42">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">March 11, 2011 </font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP" height="42">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>/s/ Charles C.
        Emery, Jr.&#9;</u><br>
        Charles C. Emery, Jr.</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">Director </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP" height="42">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP" height="42">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">March 11, 2011 </font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>/s/ Micheal L.
        Gifford&#9;</u><br>
        Micheal L. Gifford</font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Executive Vice President
        and Director </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">March 11, 2011 </font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP">
      <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">&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">March 11, 2011</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>/s/ Thomas O.
        Miller</u><br>
        Thomas O. Miller</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"> March 11, 2011 </font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP" height="55">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>/s/ Peter Sealey</u><br>
        Peter Sealey</font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP" height="55">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP" height="55">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Director </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP" height="55">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP" height="55"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">
      </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">March 11, 2011</font></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">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"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, as administrator
  of the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan of Socket Mobile, 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 11th day
  of March, 2011.</font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><br>
  </font></p>
<table width="40%" border="0" align="right">
  <tr>
    <td>
      <div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">By: <u>/s/
        David W. Dunlap</u></font></div>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">David W. Dunlap</font></div>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Chief
        Financial Officer and Vice President of</font></div>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Finance
        and Administration</font></div>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">&nbsp;
  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
  &nbsp; </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><i>&#9;</i></font></p>
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<div align="center">
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">6<br>
    </font></p>
</div>
<hr align="LEFT" size=4>
<p align="center">&nbsp; </p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b><br>
  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>
  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
  MOBILE, 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 colspan="2" height="34" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Exhibit<br>
        Number</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="10%" >&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="85%" height="34" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Description<u>
        </u></font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="9%" height="12"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp</font></td>
    <td width="6%" height="12"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp</font></td>
    <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="85%" height="12"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="9%" height="9">
      <p align="right"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">4.1</font>
    </td>
    <td width="6%" height="9">
      <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(1)
        </font>
    </td>
    <td width="10%" height="9">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="85%" height="9">
      <p>2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="9%" height="15">
      <div align="right"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">5.1</font></div>
    </td>
    <td width="6%" height="15">
      <div align="center"></div>
    </td>
    <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="85%" height="15">Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati,
      P.C.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="9%" height="22">
      <p align="right"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">23.1</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="6%" height="22">
      <p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
    </td>
    <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="85%" height="22">
      <p>Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit
        5.1).</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="9%">
      <p align="right"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">23.2</font>
    </td>
    <td width="6%">
      <p align="center">&nbsp;
    </td>
    <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="85%">
      <p>Consent of Moss Adams LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="9%">
      <p align="right"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">24.1</font>
    </td>
    <td width="6%">
      <p align="center">&nbsp;
    </td>
    <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="85%">
      <p>Power of Attorney (see page II-5).
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>
<table width="800" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
  <tr valign="bottom">
    <td height="28">
      <hr NOSHADE align="LEFT" width="120">
      <div align="left">
        <p>(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement
          filed on April 1, 2010.</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">&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">7<br>
  </font></div>
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As
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March l8, 2011
Registration No. 333-
UNITED
          STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
          COMMISSION
Washington,
          D.C. 20549
____________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
          STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
____________________
SOCKET MOBILE,
          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)
39700 Eureka
          Drive
Newark, CA 94560
(Address
          of principal executive offices)
____________________
2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plans)
____________________
David W. Dunlap
Chief Financial Officer
Socket Mobile, Inc
39700 Eureka Drive
Newark, CA 94560
(Name and address of agent for service)
____________________
(510) 933-3000
(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
____________________
Indicate by check
    mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
    a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions
    of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and
    "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b 2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer / / Accelerated filer / /
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CALCULATION OF
        REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities to
        be Registered
Amount to be
Registered (1)
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 (3)
381,974
        shares
$
        1.945
$ 742,939.43
$
        86.26
(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
  Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant's Common
  Stock that become issuable under the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan by reason of
  any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
  effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant's
  outstanding shares of common stock.
(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 uses $1.945 per share price, based
  on the average of the high and low sale prices for the Common Stock of Socket
  Mobile, Inc. reported by the Nasdaq Capital Market on March 17, 2011.
(3) Shares of Common Stock of Socket Mobile, Inc. to be registered under the
  2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
SOCKET MOBILE,
  INC.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
Explanatory Statement
All of the 381,974 shares of Common Stock of Socket Mobile, Inc.
  (the "Registrant") under this Registration Statement are to be registered
  under the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan. This number includes 229,895 shares of
  Common Stock that were previously reserved for issuance pursuant to the 1995
  Stock Plan (the "1995 Plan") of Registrant on a Registration Statement
  on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on April 11, 1995 and as amended on Form
  8-A/A filed with the Commission on June 15, 1995, and were subject to awards
  under the 1995 Plan that have expired or otherwise terminated without having
  been exercised.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The
  following documents and information previously filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission by 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, 2010 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2011
  pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the "Exchange Act").
(b)
  The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission on February 17, 2011 and February 24, 2011.
(c)
  The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's
  Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on April 11, 1995
  and as amended on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on June 15, 1995, registering
  such shares pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment
  or report updating such descriptions.
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.
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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.
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.
24.1
Power of Attorney (see page II-5).
(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement
          filed on April 1, 2010.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant
    hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during
      any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
      to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any
        prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus
        any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration
        Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
        individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
        information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
        the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
        (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
        which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
        estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
        filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
        the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change
        in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation
        of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
        distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or
        any material change to such information in this Registration Statement.
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.
(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 16th day of March, 2011.
SOCKET MOBILE, 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 W.
  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 J. Mills
Kevin J. Mills
President and Chief
        Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) and Director
March 11, 2011
/s/ David W.
        Dunlap
David W. Dunlap
Chief Financial Officer
        and Vice President of Finance and Administration
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
March 11, 2011
/s/ Charlie Bass
Charlie Bass
Chairman of the Board
March 11, 2011
/s/ Charles C.
        Emery, Jr.
Charles C. Emery, Jr.
Director
March 11, 2011
/s/ Micheal L.
        Gifford
Micheal L. Gifford
Executive Vice President
        and Director
March 11, 2011
/s/ Leon Malmed
Leon Malmed
Director
March 11, 2011
/s/ Thomas O.
        Miller
Thomas O. Miller
Director
March 11, 2011
/s/ Peter Sealey
Peter Sealey
Director
March 11, 2011
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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 Mobile, 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 11th day
  of March, 2011.
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
  MOBILE, INC.
INDEX
  TO 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.
24.1
Power of Attorney (see page II-5).
(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement
          filed on April 1, 2010.
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