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<div align="right"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"> <b><font size="2">As
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2008<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, D.C. 20549
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        <p align="CENTER">FORM S-8
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      <td valign="TOP" colspan=3> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
        <p align="CENTER">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
        </font></b></td>
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        <div align="center">____________________ </div>
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      <td colspan=3 height="36"> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size=5>
        <p align="CENTER">SOCKET COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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      <td valign="TOP" colspan=3> <font face="Times New Roman" size=1>
        <p align="CENTER">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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      <td valign="TOP" colspan=3 height="13">
        <p align="CENTER">____________________<u><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
          </font></u>
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        <p></p>
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      <td width="33%" valign="TOP"> <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">39700 Eureka Drive<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)
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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"><br>
          2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</p>
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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"><br>
          David W. Dunlap<br>
          Chief Financial Officer<br>
          Socket Communications, Inc<br>
          39700 Eureka Drive<br>
          Newark, CA 94560<br>
          (510) 933-3000 </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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    <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 Offering Price Per
        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 Maximum Aggregate Offering
        Price (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">Amount of <br>
        Registration Fee </font></b>
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      <div align="left"><font size="2">Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
        (1)</font></div>
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    <td width="12%" height="23">
      <p align="center"></p>
      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">1,397,692
        shares</font></div>
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    <td width="17%" height="23">
      <p align="center"></p>
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">$
        0.62</font></p>
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    <td width="17%" height="23">
      <div align="center"><font size="2">$ 866,569</font></div>
    </td>
    <td width="17%" height="23">
      <p align="center"></p>
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">$
        34.06 </font></p>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><br>
  <font size="2">(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 uses $0.62 per share price, based
  on the average of the high and low sale prices for the Common Stock of Socket
  Communications, Inc. reported by the Nasdaq Global Market on March 10, 2008.</font><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 </font></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 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)
  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
  31, 2007 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2008
  pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the "Exchange Act"). </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 11, 2008 and February 20, 2008.</font></P>
<P ALIGN="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>(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.</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.<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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not
  applicable.<br>
  <b><br>
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</b></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><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>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.<br>
  <br>
</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">&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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    <td colspan="2" height="34" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" 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" size="3">Description<u> </u></font></p>
    </td>
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    <td width="9%" height="12">&nbsp;&nbsp</td>
    <td width="6%" height="12">&nbsp;&nbsp</td>
    <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="85%" height="12">&nbsp;&nbsp</td>
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      <p align="right"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">4.1</font>
    </td>
    <td width="6%" height="24">
      <p align="left">(1)
    </td>
    <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="85%" height="24">
      <p>2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
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    <td width="9%" height="15">
      <div align="right"><font face="Times New Roman" 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 & Rosati, P.C.</td>
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    <td width="9%" height="22">
      <p align="right"><font face="Times New Roman" 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 & Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit
        5.1).</p>
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    <td width="9%">
      <p align="right"><font face="Times New Roman" 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" 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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    <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 29, 2004.</p>
      </div>
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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>(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; <br>
      </p>
    </blockquote>
  </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">II-3<br>
  </font></div>
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<blockquote>
  <blockquote>
    <blockquote>
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(iii) To include
        any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
        previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change
        to such information in this Registration Statement.</font></p>
    </blockquote>
  </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"> <i>Provided, however,</i>
  that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required
  to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
  in periodic reports filed 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.<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>(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.</p>
  <p>(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.<br>
  </p>
  </blockquote>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">II-4<br>
  </font></div>
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<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>SIGNATURES
  </b></font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>THE
  REGISTRANT</b><br>
  </font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&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 13th day of March, 2008.<br>
  <br>
</p>
<table width="40%" border="0" align="right">
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    <td>SOCKET COMMUNICATIONS, INC.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <div align="left">By: <u>/s/ David W. Dunlap</u></div>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <div align="left">David W. Dunlap</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>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</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>March 13, 2008
    </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>March 13, 2008
    </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 13, 2008
    </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>March 13, 2008
    </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">March 13, 2008</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
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    <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 13, 2008
    </td>
  </tr>
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    <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 13, 2008</font> </td>
  </tr>
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    <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 13, 2008</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td width="28%" valign="TOP" height="55">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>/s/ Thomas Miller
        &#9;</u><br>
        Thomas Miller</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 13, 2008</font></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p></p>
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<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"> &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 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 13th day
  of March, 2008.</font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><br>
  </font></p>
<table width="40%" border="0" align="right">
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    <td>
      <div align="left">By: <u>/s/ David W. Dunlap</u></div>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <div align="left">David W. Dunlap</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>
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  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">II-6<br>
    </font></p>
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<hr align="LEFT" size=4>
<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>
  </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>
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  <tr valign="bottom">
    <td colspan="2" height="34" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" 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" size="3">Description<u> </u></font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="9%" height="12">&nbsp;&nbsp</td>
    <td width="6%" height="12">&nbsp;&nbsp</td>
    <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="85%" height="12">&nbsp;&nbsp</td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="9%" height="24">
      <p align="right"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">4.1</font>
    </td>
    <td width="6%" height="24">
      <p align="left">(1)
    </td>
    <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="85%" height="24">
      <p>2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="9%" height="15">
      <div align="right"><font face="Times New Roman" 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 & Rosati, P.C.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="9%" height="22">
      <p align="right"><font face="Times New Roman" 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 & 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" 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" 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="31">
      <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</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>
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As
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2008
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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)
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 Communications, Inc
39700 Eureka Drive
Newark, CA 94560
(510) 933-3000
(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)
1,397,692
        shares
$
        0.62
$ 866,569
$
        34.06
(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 uses $0.62 per share price, based
  on the average of the high and low sale prices for the Common Stock of Socket
  Communications, Inc. reported by the Nasdaq Global Market on March 10, 2008.
SOCKET COMMUNICATIONS,
  INC.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
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 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, 2007 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2008
  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 11, 2008 and February 20, 2008.
(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
  and certain stockholders.
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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 29, 2004.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant
    hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during
      any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
      to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any
        prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
        effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
        amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent
        a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
        Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
        volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
        offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
        from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
        reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
        to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent
        no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price
        set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
        registration statement;
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(iii) To include
        any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
        previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change
        to such information in this Registration Statement.
Provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required
  to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
  in periodic reports filed 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 13th day of March, 2008.
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 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 13, 2008
/s/ David W.
        Dunlap
David W. Dunlap
Chief Financial Officer
        and Vice President of Finance and Administration
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
March 13, 2008
/s/ Charlie Bass
Charlie Bass
Chairman of the Board
March 13, 2008
/s/ Micheal L.
        Gifford
Micheal L. Gifford
Executive Vice President
        and Director
March 13, 2008
/s/ Enzo Torresi
Enzo Torresi
Director
March 13, 2008
/s/ Gianluca Rattazzi
Gianluca Rattazzi
Director
March 13, 2008
/s/ Peter Sealey
Peter Sealey
Director
March 13, 2008
/s/ Leon Malmed
Leon Malmed
Director
March 13, 2008
/s/ Thomas Miller
Thomas Miller
Director
March 13, 2008
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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 13th day
  of March, 2008.
By:
/s/ David W. Dunlap
David W. Dunlap
Chief
        Financial Officer and Vice President of
Finance
        and Administration
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
  D.C. 20549
EXHIBITS
Registration
  Statement on Form S-8
SOCKET
  COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
INDEX
  TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
(1)
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 29, 2004
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