Socket Mobile (SCKT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Socket Mobile, Inc. provides data capture and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, Asia, and internationally. The company's products are used in mobile applications in the areas of point of sale, commercial services, asset tracking, manufacturing process and quality control, transportation and logistics, event management, medical, and education. It provides cordless data capture devices that connect through Bluetooth and work with applications running on smartphones, mobile computers, and tablets. The company also offers SocketScan and DuraScan 700 series, companion scanners and 800 series, attachable scanners; and DuraSled, a barcode scanning sled that protects phones from impact damage and provides charging solutions. In addition, it provides D600, a handheld model to reads and writes various types of electronic SmartTags and transfers data with near-field communication (NFC); S550, a contactless membership card reader/writer; and S370 product that supports barcode scanning, and NFC reading and writing technologies. Further, the company offers SocketCam C820, a software-based barcode scanner; software developer kits, such as CaptureSDK that enables the App providers to modify captured data, control the placement of the barcoded or RFID data in their applications, and control the feedback to the user. It serves retail, commercial, industrial, manufacturing, transportation, and logistics industries through a network of distributors, online resellers, and application providers, as well as online stores. The company was formerly known as Socket Communications, Inc. and changed its name to Socket Mobile, Inc. in April 2008. Socket Mobile, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.