Looks like the electronics industry thinks that the next big thing is e-books. RIM and Barnes & Noble just put together a free e-book reader app for the BlackBerry. You can download books from Barnes & Nobles’ Fictionwise.com. Fictionwise has put together a nice tutorial as to how exactly to navigate a book using a BlackBerry Storm. If you’ve got another BlackBerry, like a Curve, a Pearl, or a Bold, check the site for which models are supported (and yes, those are supported).

The future is interconnected, and that’s where the Papyrus e-book reader concept gets all its strength. Designed to be a low-cost and better alternative to current generation e-book readers, the Papyrus will be a student-oriented e-book reader that will take advantage of collaboration and connectivity. It’ll have a stylus-based touchscreen where contents on the current more »