Socket Communications, Inc. - Communications Equipment

(510) 744-2700
37400 Central Court

Newark, CA 94560
www.socketcom.com

Business Description

We design, manufacture and sell data collection and connectivity products for mobile electronic devices. Our products employ innovative designs that reduce battery power consumption and make them easy to install and use. Our data collection products are designed to collect data on handheld computers, tablet computers, notebook computers and Smartphones using bar code scanning and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies. Our connectivity products are designed to connect handheld computers, tablet computers, notebook computers and Smartphones to the Internet, to local area computer networks, to wide area computer networks, and to other peripheral devices through both wireless and cable connections. We also offer serial products that connect electronic devices and embedded products that are designed to be installed inside third party mobile electronic devices. Our products are designed for use with a broad range of mobile devices that support standard expansion mechanisms using Windows Mobile, Windows CE, Windows XP, Palm Source, J2ME (used by Research-In-Motion on its Blackberry handheld computers) or Symbian 60 and 80 operating systems. The standard expansion mechanisms we support include slots for plug-in cards in the CompactFlash, PC Card, and Secure Digital Input/Output (SDIO) form factors and Bluetooth®, a short range wireless connection technology. We believe that growth in the mobile workforce, combined with technical advances and cost reductions in mobile devices and networking technologies, is driving broader adoption of mobile data communications. Our products are designed to address the growing need for mobile workforce connectivity by enabling the use of handheld devices to extend data communications capabilities beyond location-dependent wired networks or telephone lines, thereby enabling mobile computer users to enhance their productivity, exploit time sensitive opportunities and improve customer satisfaction. Our products integrate hardware, software and services into complete mobile connectivity solutions.