FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(3) AND (c)
FILE NUMBER 333-82591
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED AUGUST 3, 1999
3,005,909 Shares
Socket Communications, Inc.
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
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This Prospectus Supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement") supplements
the Prospectus dated August 3, 1999 (the "Prospectus") of Socket
Communications, Inc. ("Socket" or the "Company") relating to the public
offering, which is not being underwritten, and sale of up to 3,005,909
shares of Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the
"Shares"), which may be offered and sold from time to time by certain
stockholders of the Company or by pledgees, donees, transferees or other
successors in interest that receive such shares as a gift, partnership
distribution or other non-sale related transfer (the "Selling
Stockholders"). The Company will receive no part of the proceeds of such
sales. The "Selling Stockholders" section of the Prospectus is hereby
supplemented to reflect the business combination of the Harmat Organization,
Inc. ("Harmat") with BarPoint.com, Inc. and the adoption of the corporate
name BarPoint.com, Inc. by the surviving entity ("Barpoint.com"). This
Prospectus Supplement should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus
and is qualified by reference to the Prospectus except to the extent that
the information herein contained supersedes the information contained in
the Prospectus. Capitalized terms used in this Prospectus Supplement and
not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Prospectus.
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The date of this Prospectus Supplement is November 15, 1999
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SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
All of the Shares beneficially owned by the Harmat Corporation and
reflected in the Prospectus are now beneficially owned by BarPoint.com by
virtue of the business combination between Harmat and BarPoint.com, Inc.
The table of Selling Stockholders in the Prospectus is hereby amended and
supplemented to specifically include BarPoint.com. The following table
sets forth the number of shares of Common Stock that BarPoint.com
beneficially owns as of November 15, 1999, the number of shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by BarPoint.com that may be offered for sale from
time to time by the Prospectus and this Prospectus Supplement, and the
number of shares of Common Stock to be beneficially owned by BarPoint.com
assuming the sale of all of the Shares offered by BarPoint.com. Except as
indicated, BarPoint.com has neither held any position or office nor had a
material relationship with the Company or any of its affiliates within the
past three years other than as a result of its ownership of the Company's
Common Stock.
Except as set forth in this Prospectus Supplement with respect to
BarPoint.com, there is no change to the section entitled "Selling
Stockholders" in the Prospectus. The Company may amend or supplement the
Prospectus and this Prospectus Supplement from time to time to update the
disclosure set forth therein and herein.
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Number of Shares Number of Shares
Beneficially Beneficially
Owned Prior Number of Shares Owned After
Selling Stockholder to Offering Being Offered Offering
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BarPoint.com, Inc. ...... 1,835,972 (1) 1,835,972 0
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(1) Consists of 1,333,243 shares of common stock, 495,729 shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, and 7,000 shares of common
stock issuable in payment of dividends on Series D Convertible Preferred
Stock.
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