Some amount of time-shifting is now an engrained consumer expectation.

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There is little debate that social networks have changed consumer behavior and expectation.

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Investors have been happy to buy its inflation-linked bonds, on the expectation that consumer prices will rise sharply.

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Yet investors have bid up A-B stock 25% since early 2006, with the expectation that the company will learn to deal with changing consumer tastes.

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The expectation from the geekerati is for 4G handsets, and you can be sure the regular consumer will follow that lead.

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