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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000944075-12-000016
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120402
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120402
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120402

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SOCKET MOBILE, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000944075
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS [3571]
		IRS NUMBER:				943155066
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-25904
		FILM NUMBER:		12732057

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		39700 EUREKA DRIVE
		CITY:			NEWARK
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94560-4808
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5109333000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		39700 EUREKA DRIVE
		CITY:			NEWARK
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94560-4808

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SOCKET COMMUNICATIONS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950418
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></FONT></P>

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2, 2012</FONT></P>

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of Report (Date of earliest event reported)</P>

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MOBILE, INC.</B></FONT></P>

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name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Eureka Drive</B></FONT></P>

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933-3000</B></FONT></P>

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5.02 Appointment of Principal Officer</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">On
April 2, 2012, the Company appointed Tim Miller as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Miller has served as the Company&rsquo;s Vice
President of Worldwide Operations since March 2003, responsible for the Company&rsquo;s worldwide manufacturing operations, and
assumed the additional role of Vice President of Engineering on April 1, 2009, responsible for product design and development.
Mr. Miller will be responsible for worldwide day to day operations and activities of sales and marketing, operations and engineering.</FONT></P>

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of Mr. Miller&rsquo;s appointment were reported in a press announcement dated April 2, 2012 which is attached as Exhibit 99.1.</FONT></P>

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9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits</B></FONT></P>

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Exhibits. </B></FONT></P>

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    No.</FONT></TD>
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        announcement titled &ldquo;Socket Mobile Appoints Tim Miller to Chief Operating Officer&rdquo;</FONT></P>
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to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">SOCKET
    MOBILE, INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-autospace: none; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">By:</FONT></TD>
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    David W. Dunlap</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-autospace: none"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-autospace: none; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; letter-spacing: -0.1pt">Name:
        David W. Dunlap</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; letter-spacing: -0.1pt">Vice
        President, Finance and Administration </FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; letter-spacing: -0.1pt">and
        Chief Financial Officer</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; letter-spacing: -0.1pt">Date:
</FONT>April 2, 2012</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Socket
Mobile Promotes Tim Miller to Chief Operating Officer</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-weight: normal"><I>VP
of Engineering and Worldwide Operations to assume</I></FONT></P>

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operating responsibilities </I></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>NEWARK,
Calif., April 2, 2012 &ndash; </B>Socket Mobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCKT), an innovative provider of mobile productivity solutions,
today announced the promotion of Tim Miller to Chief Operating Officer. With this promotion, Mr. Miller assumes day-to-day operating
responsibility for Socket&rsquo;s worldwide sales and marketing, engineering and operations. Mr. Miller has been a member of Socket&rsquo;s
executive management team since 2003, serving as its Vice President of Engineering and its Vice President of Worldwide Operations.
He brings more than thirty years of operating experience and proven management skills to the position--including seven years with
Com21 Inc., a broadband cable modem manufacturer--prior to joining Socket Mobile.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&ldquo;Tim
has been instrumental in completing Socket&rsquo;s key development programs and guiding the Company through the economic downturn.
Now that we have completed the development cycles for both our Apple centric 7Xi and 7Ci cordless scanners, and are nearing completion
of our newest handheld computer, the SoMo655, the time is right to make these organizational changes,&rdquo; said Kevin Mills,
president and chief executive officer.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&ldquo;Consolidating
and building a strong management team under Tim&rsquo;s leadership will improve our ability to address the challenges associated
with growth as we work to achieve market acceptance of our new products. In addition, Tim&rsquo;s promotion will enable me to
spend more time with key customers, developers and shareholders and increase the overall value of Socket as a mobility centric
company.&rdquo;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>About
Socket Mobile, Inc.&#9;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">With 20
years of experience in the Automatic Identification and Data Capture market, Socket makes mobile computing and productivity work.
The company offers a family of handheld computers and an extensive portfolio of AIDC peripherals designed specifically for business
mobility deployments and to enable productivity increases and drive operational efficiencies in healthcare, hospitality and other
vertical markets. The company also offers OEM solutions for the mobile device market. Socket is headquartered in Newark, Calif.
and can be reached at +1-510-933-3000 or www.socketmobile.com. Follow Socket Mobile on Twitter @socketmobile and subscribe to
sockettalk.socketmobile.com, the company&rsquo;s official blog.</FONT></P>

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    Mobile Contact:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 48%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; tab-stops: center 3.0in right 6.0in; text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline"><FONT STYLE="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-decoration: underline">Socket
    Investor Contact:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; tab-stops: center 3.0in right 6.0in; text-autospace: none"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Angela
Slate</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; tab-stops: center 3.0in right 6.0in; text-autospace: none"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Dave Dunlap</FONT></TD></TR>
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    Marcom Specialist</TD>
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Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; tab-stops: center 3.0in right 6.0in; text-autospace: none"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">510-933-3035</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; tab-stops: center 3.0in right 6.0in; text-autospace: none"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">angela@socketmobile.com</FONT></TD>
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    <FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">dave@socketmobile.com</FONT></TD></TR>
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    Relations Contact:</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><I>Socket
and Bluetooth Cordless Hand Scanner are trademarks or registered trademarks of Socket Mobile. All other trademarks and trade names
contained herein may be those of their respective owners.</I></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&copy; 2012,
Socket Mobile, Inc. All rights reserved.</FONT></P>

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