Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Kevin J. Mills, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Socket Mobile, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
  of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
  made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
  misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
  included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
  condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and
  for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing
  and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
  Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting
  (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant
  and have:

> (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
>     controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that
>     material information relating to the registrant is made known to us by others
>     within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report
>     is being prepared;
>   (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
>     internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,
>     to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
>     and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
>     with generally accepted accounting principles;
>   (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
>     procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
>     of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
>     by this report based on such evaluation; and
>   (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control
>     over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent
>     fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
>     report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
>     affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
  our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
  the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board
  of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

> (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
>     operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
>     likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize
>     and report financial information; and
>   (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
>     employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control
>     over financial reporting.

|Date:
      March 11, 2011 | By:
      /s/ Kevin J. Mills
      Name: Kevin J. Mills
      Title: President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
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