I’ve had my Trimble Juno ST for about 4 months now and I’m really impressed by the features it has. I use it in a professional environment to help me perform some of the tasks associated with my work.
The Juno is basically a handheld mobile computer running the MS Mobile 5 operating system with the Trimble GPS hardware integrated into the device. The only thing more that I would like with this little machine is phone capabilities and maybe a 3 megapixel digital camera that supports GPS information in the photo exif data.
Trimble has been in the world of positional and field measuring hardware for a long time and has a reputation of being some of the most durable and accurate hardware used in this market.
The Juno ST has not been available for a very long time – I believe it is their first attempt to enter the general user marketplace with their GPS products. With a price tag of about $600 the Juno ST is priced well below their other equipment which starts at about the $4,000 point and continues upwards to about as far as you can imagine.
Since the Juno ST handheld has the MS Mobile 5 operating system you also have to your avail all of the other features that a mobile computer gives you. Spreadsheets, documents, notes, internet, email and instant messaging are all at your finger tips. Of course you’ll need a WiFi connection to use some of the features offered by the handheld device – so if you’re out in the field in the middle of nowhere you probably won’t be able to use the features associated with Internet Connectivity. If your hauling around a lot of gear you can forget about having to bring your MP3 player by loading up your handheld’s SD card with your MP3 collection before you leave.
If you’d like a full feature list of the Trimble Juno ST handheld computer all the information is available on the Trimble Juno ST web page.
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Great Article! Thanks
I had this thign in my pocket from past one year. But the major thing is that like other small and cheap GPS it doesnt have the world base map. On this price i must get one. The world base maps are even available in th garmins lowet priced model costing only 100$. How can i get one, the world base map for this gadget, plz do reply me on my email.
Thanks
Do u know how to integrated garmin XT to Juno ST?
Not sure what you exactly want to do there goeh.
Can you give me a little more details?
i have this device,could any know where to find the windows mobile 5 image so i can put it on the sd card for doing hard reset
if any one have the rom file or know the link to downlaod?
hi, do u know how to use map on terrasync in juno st? coz i just bought trimble juno st and after i installed the terrasync software and i used it but i cannot see the map on the map folder. is it i must install anything else ?? thanks
Reza, I use the Juno ST a lot. It is my main GPS that I use in the field to collect data that is related to my work.
I don’t however use Trinble overly expensive Terrasync software – I use a product called GPSTuner. It is wonderful software for people that go off the main roads and it is very reasonable priced.
I do a lot of hiking around in the back country and GPSTuner allows me to get satellite images of the area via Google Earth. You can have different zoom levels and get really detailed quality maps.
You can find GPSTuner at http://www.gpstuner.com – Have fun!