El Rio Community Health Center Selects Socket Scanners for Prescription Delivery Program

Delivery Drivers Use Socket Scanners to Track Prescription Data

NEWARK, CA–(EMWNews – August 18, 2008) – Socket Mobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCKT), an

innovative provider of mobile productivity solutions, today announced that

El Rio Community Health Center, an Arizona community health center serving

more than 80,000 low-income patients in 2007, has chosen the Socket Secure

Digital Scan Card™, a small bar code scanner that plugs into a

smartphone, for its prescription delivery program. The El Rio mobile

solution was recently chosen as one of the five finalists in the Healthcare

category for the Computerworld Honors Award, a distinction in the

technology space.

To achieve the strict accuracy and accountability required for handling

prescriptions, El Rio employs a tracking solution that enables the health

center to confirm delivery, track the package’s path and obtain signatures

and comments upon delivery — all remotely and in real-time. The Socket SD

Scan Cards allow delivery drivers to scan prescription bar codes at all

points from any of El Rio’s four pharmacies to patients receiving home

prescription delivery services across Tucson. El Rio’s complete mobile

solution uses Socket SD Scan Card attached to Palm® Treo™ smartphone

loaded with POD Verify software.

El Rio Community Health Center is one of the largest community health

centers in the United States, donating $13 million dollars worth of charity

care to the Tucson, AZ community in 2007. El Rio’s free home delivery

service gives all patients new options to receive the care they need.

Socket Mobile’s electronic mobile solution enables El Rio to manage

delivery records electronically. To have permanent records of patient

service requests, El Rio exports delivery information in real-time to

internal accountability systems using POD Verify software.

“El Rio’s mission is to provide accessible and affordable healthcare to all

who need it, and our prescription delivery program supports this by

offering access to all patients, regardless of disability or transportation

situation,” said Luis Lopez, transportation supervisor at El Rio Community

Health Center. “We can track, in real-time, the delivery of prescriptions

from our drivers, enabling access to information critical to establishing

accountability for a healthcare provider.”

“We are excited to be working with El Rio and providing our SD Scan Cards

as a part of this important patient-centric solution,” said Bob Zink,

senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at Socket Mobile.

“Socket has a proven track record working with healthcare providers to

develop secure mobile solutions. The SD Scan Card Series 3, along with our

Cordless Hand Scanner Series 9, are ideal for smartphone applications in

healthcare where bar code data capture is critical.”

About Socket Mobile, Inc.

Socket makes mobility computing and productivity work. The company is a

one-stop supplier of mobile computing hardware systems, offering a handheld

mobile computer specifically designed for business mobility use and an

extensive portfolio of essential mobile data collection and networking

peripherals that enable mobile automation and productivity increases. The

company also offers OEM solutions. Socket is headquartered in Newark,

Calif. and can be reached at 510-933-3000 or www.socketmobile.com.

Socket and Socket Secure Digital Scan Card are trademarks or registered

trademarks of Socket Mobile, Inc. All other trademarks and trade names

contained herein may be those of their respective owners.

© 2008, Socket Mobile, Inc. All rights reserved.