VIDEO REVIEW: Streaming Internet radio arrives on mobile courtesy of Moodio.fm

// By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C
// found at http://corp.brightcove.com/legal/terms_publisher.cfm.
var config = new Array();
/*
* feel free to edit these configurations
* to modify the player experience
*/
config[“videoId”] = null; //the default video loaded into the player
config[“videoRef”] = null; //the default video loaded into the player by ref id specified in console
config[“lineupId”] = null; //the default lineup loaded into the player
config[“playerTag”] = null; //player tag used for identifying this page in brightcove reporting
config[“autoStart”] = true; //tells the player to start playing video on load
config[“preloadBackColor”] = “#FFFFFF”; //background color while loading the player
/*
* set the player’s size using the parameters below
* to make this player dynamically resizable, set the width and height as a percentage
*/
config[“width”] = 486;
config[“height”] = 412;
/* do not edit these config items */
config[“playerId”] = 12019214001;
createExperience(config, 8);

Application: Moodio.fm, running on a BlackBerry Pearl with Sprint Nextel service and an LG Vu with AT&T Mobility service.

Yay: Streaming radio to your cellphone, from just about any source on the Internet. Why haven’t we heard about this service before?

Nay: Moodio.fm isn’t for the technologically faint of heart. Setting it up requires some patience, tech savvy and, in some cases, luck.

We say: Moodio.fm provides a fantastically useful service that suffers from a number of usability challenges. It’s hard to set up, and is in some cases technically challenging. That said, if cleaned up a little, Moodio.fm essentially turns most modern cellphones into radios that can pick up signals from across the globe – which is pretty cool.