Terrestrial radio is all well and good, but what if you really love a station that’s on the other side of the country from you? A regular radio won’t help. What you need – and what you’ve probably used – is radio streaming over the Internet. But no one’s going to keep a computer on their bedside table, so how do you listen to your favorite web radio stations while in bed?

The Nokia Home Music, that’s how.

The Home Music is a combination traditional FM radio and web radio that can tune in local broadcasts using FM and web radio stations using WiFi or Ethernet. It also has a USB connection for portable media player access.

The Home Music, which is available in Europe now and should be coming to the U.S. soon, supports both web streaming and streaming of music from the computers in your house.

Of special interest is the big color LCD screen that the Home Music offers. Since it’s got a high-bandwidth connection built in, the Home Music seems a perfect information appliance. Not only can it deliver music, with the WiFi and screen, and a few software changes, it could also deliver all kinds of web-updated content – photos, news, weather forecasts, and more.

While it looks like a great radio, with those kinds of additions, it might be a huge hit as an information appliance.