paul reynolds is a reporter for consumer reports and he joins us now from that show in las vegas. paul, nice to see you. welcome to nightly business report. >> thank you very much. >> tom: so how are the competitors going after the ipad what are you seeing on the convention floor? >> i think they're going after the i pad in part by trying to add some features that the ipad, fine as it is, has been lacking. for example, the toshiba tablet that has been unveiled at this show has some features like a memory card slot. usb and other inputs. dual cameras that have been among the highest complaints that people have about the ipad. so i think they will trying to do it partly by adding the functionality that the ipad may lack. >> tom: now the tablet market is forecast to just explode this year and continue for the next several years, for rest researcher presignatures 10 million last year, double this year almost double again by 2014. you mentioned toshiba, what other companies are poised to steal market share from apple? >> well, it seems like at this show, just about every manufacturer th

while apple does like to surprise people, "consumer reports'" paul reynolds isn't expecting a complete overhaul tomorrow. >> if it is sort of a transitional iphone that is basically the iphone 4 modified, then i think people need to think carefully about signing on for a two-year contract with a phone that is already falling a little bit behind the competition. >> reporter: in the past, apple has announced a new iphone in june. but whatever comes out tomorrow, a deal with verizon is a clear winner for apple. analysts expect apple will sell up to 13 million iphones through verizon. add in at&t sales and you get 22 million iphones sold in the united states this year-- a 50% jump over last year. and analysts estimate apple will get $400 for each phone sold by either carrier. but verizon should also do well, says telecomm analyst john hodulik, since an iphone user pays an additional $35 a month for a data plan. >> a smartphone customer is a better customer than a traditional customer. an iphone customer is a better customer than a traditional smartphone customer. >> reporter: but hodulik e