It seems to me that this tech-gadget trend based on 80's cyberpunkish fiction will fail. Geeky futuristic sentiment without practical value doesn't succeed at a

It seems to me that this tech-gadget trend based on 80's cyberpunkish fiction will fail. Geeky futuristic sentiment without practical value doesn't succeed at a big scale (except maybe in japan where they love talking toilets and robot pets?). In other words; popularity of smartphones and the internet shouldn't be confused with techno-fetichism.