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      SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</strong></font></div>
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      DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, INC.</strong></font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(1)</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">This
                  registration statement registers an additional 2,600,000 shares
                  of Applied
                  Digital Solutions, Inc.'s (the &#8220;Company&#8217;s&#8221;) common stock pursuant to the
                  Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. 2003 Flexible Stock Plan, and an
                  additional 400,000 shares pursuant to the Applied Digital Solutions,
                  Inc.
                  1999 Employees Stock Purchase Plan. The Company has previously
                  registered
                  2,600,000 shares of its common stock on September 3, 2004 (File
                  No.
                  333-118776) pursuant to the Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. 2003
                  Flexible
                  Stock Plan. The Company has previously registered 150,000 shares
                  of its
                  common stock on October 4, 1999 (File No. 333-88421), an additional
                  150,000 shares of common stock on December 20, 1999 (File No. 333-93117),
                  an additional 300,000 shares of its common stock on July 2, 2003
                  (File No.
                  333-106742), and an additional 300,000 shares of common stock on
                  September
                  3, 2004 (File No. 333-118776) pursuant to the Applied Digital Solutions,
                  Inc. 1999 Employees Stock Purchase Plan. The Company will have
                  an
                  aggregate of 5,200,000 shares registered pursuant to the Applied
                  Digital
                  Solutions, Inc. 2003 Flexible Stock Plan and an aggregate of 1,300,000
                  shares registered pursuant to the Applied Digital Solutions, Inc.
                  1999
                  Employees Stock Purchase Plan upon effectiveness of this registration
                  statement.</font></div>
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      April 27, 2005 (the &#8220;ESPP&#8221;), and as approved by the Company&#8217;s shareholders on
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Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. Form S-8
As
      Filed
      with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2005
Registration
      No. 333-
UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C. 20549
FORM
      S-8
REGISTRATION
      STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
      SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
APPLIED
      DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, INC.
(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)
MISSOURI
43-1641533
(State
                or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S.
                Employer
incorporation
                or organization)
Identification
                No.)
1690
      South Congress Avenue, Suite 200
Delray
      Beach, Florida 33445
(561)
      805-8000
(Address,
      including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of
      registrant's principal executive offices)
Applied
      Digital Solutions, Inc. 2003 Flexible Stock Plan and
Applied
      Digital Solutions, Inc. 1999 Employees Stock Purchase Plan
(Full
      title of the Plans)
Scott
      R. Silverman
1690
      South Congress Avenue, Suite 200
Delray
      Beach, Florida 33445
Phone:
      (561) 805-8000
Fax:
      (561) 805-8001
(Name,
      address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including
      area code, of agent for service)
Copies
      of
      all correspondence to:
Harvey
      Goldman, Esq.
Holland
      & Knight LLP
701
      Brickell Avenue, Suite 3000
Miami,
      Florida 33131-5441
Phone:
      (305) 789-7506
Fax:
      (305) 349-2238
CALCULATION
      OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
                of Each Class
of
                Securities to be
Registered
Amount
to
                be
Registered
(1)
                (3)
Proposed
                Maximum
Offering
                Price
Per
                Unit
(2)
Proposed
                Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
                Price
Amount
                of
Registration
Fee
(3)
                (4) (5)
Common
                Stock, $0.01 par value per share
3,000,000
                shares
$3.39
$10,170,000
$1,197.01
(1)
This
                  registration statement registers an additional 2,600,000 shares
                  of Applied
                  Digital Solutions, Inc.'s (the "Company's") common stock pursuant to the
                  Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. 2003 Flexible Stock Plan, and an
                  additional 400,000 shares pursuant to the Applied Digital Solutions,
                  Inc.
                  1999 Employees Stock Purchase Plan. The Company has previously
                  registered
                  2,600,000 shares of its common stock on September 3, 2004 (File
                  No.
                  333-118776) pursuant to the Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. 2003
                  Flexible
                  Stock Plan. The Company has previously registered 150,000 shares
                  of its
                  common stock on October 4, 1999 (File No. 333-88421), an additional
                  150,000 shares of common stock on December 20, 1999 (File No. 333-93117),
                  an additional 300,000 shares of its common stock on July 2, 2003
                  (File No.
                  333-106742), and an additional 300,000 shares of common stock on
                  September
                  3, 2004 (File No. 333-118776) pursuant to the Applied Digital Solutions,
                  Inc. 1999 Employees Stock Purchase Plan. The Company will have
                  an
                  aggregate of 5,200,000 shares registered pursuant to the Applied
                  Digital
                  Solutions, Inc. 2003 Flexible Stock Plan and an aggregate of 1,300,000
                  shares registered pursuant to the Applied Digital Solutions, Inc.
                  1999
                  Employees Stock Purchase Plan upon effectiveness of this registration
                  statement.
(2)
Pursuant
                to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, the proposed
                offering price and registration fee have been calculated on the basis
                of
                the average of the high and low trading prices for the common stock
                on
                June 28, 2005, as reported on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market.
(3)
Pursuant
                to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to the
                extent
                additional shares of Company common stock may be issued or issuable
                to
                prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or
                similar
                transactions,
this
                registration statement is hereby deemed to cover all of such additional
                common stock.
(4)
A
                registration fee of $782 was paid on October 4, 1999, upon filing
                of the
                Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-88421), a registration
                fee of $3,085 was paid on December 20, 1999, upon the filing of the
                Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-93117) and a registration
                fee of $141 was paid on July 2, 2003, upon the filing of the Registration
                Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-106742), and a registration fee
                of
                $1,021.50 was paid on September 3, 2004, upon the filing of the
                Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-118776). This
                registration fee pertains to the additional 2,600,000 shares under
                the
                2003 Flexible Stock Plan and the additional 400,000 shares under
                the 1999
                Employees Stock Purchase Plan being registered hereunder
.
(5)
The
                registration fee is paid and is on account
.
EXPLANATORY
      NOTE
The
      Company is filing this registration statement on Form S-8 to register an
      additional 2,600,000 shares of the Company's common stock authorized for
      issuance under the terms of the Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. 2003 Flexible
      Stock Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2005 (the "2003 Plan"),
      and as approved by the Company's shareholders on June 11, 2005. In addition,
      this registration statement is being filed to register an additional 400,000
      shares of the Company's common stock authorized for issuance under the Applied
      Digital Solutions, Inc. 1999 Employees Stock Purchase Plan, as amended through
      April 27, 2005 (the "ESPP"), and as approved by the Company's shareholders on
      June 11, 2005. As permitted by General Instruction E to Form S-8, the following
      registration statements are hereby incorporated by reference (the "Registration
      Statements"):
1.
Registration
                  Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-88421) filed with the Commission
                  on
                  October 4, 1999;
2.
Registration
                  Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-93117) filed with the Commission
                  on
                  December 20, 1999;
3.
Registration
                  Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-106742) filed with the Commission
                  on
                  July 2, 2003; and
4.
Registration
                  Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-118776) filed with the Commission
                  on
                  September 3, 2004.
PART
        II
INFORMATION
        REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
        8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
                  No.
Description
4.1
Applied
                  Digital Solutions, Inc. 2003 Flexible Stock Plan, as
                  Amended
4.2
Applied
                  Digital Solutions, Inc. 1999 Employees Stock Purchase Plan, as
                  Amended
5.1
Opinion
                  of Holland & Knight LLP
23.1
Consent
                  of Eisner LLP
23.2
Consent
                  of Holland & Knight LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power
                  of Attorney (included on signature page)
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SIGNATURES
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 this registration statement 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 Delray Beach, State of Florida, on June 29,
        2005.
APPLIED
                  DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, INC.
By:
/s/
Scott
                  R.
                  Silverman
Scott
                  R. Silverman
Chairman
                  and Chief Executive Officer
POWER
        OF ATTORNEY
The
        undersigned constitutes and appoints Evan C. McKeown as his or her true and
        lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
        resubstitution, for him or her and in his name, place, and stead, in any
        and all
        capacities, to sign the Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. Registration Statement
        on Form S-8 and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with
        all
        exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
        Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
        agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
        requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
        all
        intents and purposes as he might or could in person, hereby ratifying and
        confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, and each or either of
        them
        or their substitutes, may lawfully 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 by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
        indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
                  Scott R.
                  Silverman
Chairman
                  of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer (Principal
                  Executive
                  Officer)
June
                  29, 2005
(Scott
                  R. Silverman)
/s/
                  Evan C.
                  McKeown
Senior
                  Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
                  (Principal Financial Officer)
June
                  29, 2005
(Evan
                  C. McKeown)
/s/
                  Lorraine M.
                  Breece
Vice
                  President and Chief Accounting
Officer
                  (Principal Accounting Officer)
June
                  29, 2005
(Lorraine
                  M. Breece)
/s/
                  J. Michael
                  Norris
Director
June
                  29, 2005
(J.
                  Michael Norris)
/s/
                  Daniel E.
                  Penni
Director
June
                  29, 2005
(Daniel
                  E. Penni)
/s/
                  Dennis G.
                  Rawan
Director
June
                  29, 2005
(Dennis
                  G. Rawan)
Director
June
                  __, 2005
(Constance
                  K. Weaver)
/s/
                  Michael S.
                  Zarriello
Director
June
                  29, 2005
(Michael
                  S. Zarriello)
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EXHIBIT
        INDEX
Exhibit
                  No.
Description
4.1
Applied
                  Digital Solutions, Inc. 2003 Flexible Stock Plan, as
                  Amended
4.2
Applied
                  Digital Solutions, Inc. 1999 Employees Stock Purchase Plan, as
                  Amended
5.1
Opinion
                  of Holland & Knight LLP
23.1
Consent
                  of Eisner LLP
23.2
Consent
                  of Holland & Knight LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power
                  of Attorney (included on signature page)
4