The word brings up someone who has a certain attraction to the technology, who is perhaps star-struck, a voyeur perhaps. All apply in spades.
Pagers are pervasive.
And the radios have gotten smaller and more useful. But I really am more than just a groupie, because over the years I have used many of these products. I remember back in 1991 when my staff installed the Motorola Altair wireless network unbeknownst to me one weekend. When I didn't notice any performance loss, they proudly told me what they did. Too bad Motorola abandoned that technology in 1995.