<p>The Blackberry booth at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center.(Photo: Ethan Miller, Getty Images)Story HighlightsBlackBerry investors were the first to see real problemsLines and demand for BlackBerry devices were still robust going into 2010The fast dominance of Android was the final blow</p><p>BlackBerry investors knew in 2010 there was a big problem, even if the company itself probably thought its dominance in mobile computing was unassailable.</p><p>It was 2010 when investors first signaled with the shares that BlackBerry, maker of the uber-popular BlackBerry smartphone, the company was on the dangerous path of losing a competitive battle. BlackBerry's technology woes, first against Apple and then Google and Samsung and later against Microsoft, first appeared in the stock price.</p><p>The shift came out of nowhere, but investors paying attention had plenty of early warning. Up until 2010, BlackBerry had dominated on Wall Street, literally and figuratively. Investment bankers walking the financial district, sitting in cabs and on subways were thumbing away on the BlackBerry's tiny keyboard. BlackBerrys were everywhere, including the hands of President Obama and Conan O'Brien not to mention the Gecko in GEICO ads. And shares reflected the device's mass popularity. Shares rocketed more than 1,500% from 2000 until early 2010 as it seemed that consumers were so addicted to their "CrackBerrys," they'd never switch to anything else.</p><p><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/09/24/blackberry-apple-android-windows-phone/2861691/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/24/blackberry-messenger-bbm-iphone-android">Rogue BlackBerry Messenger app delays official iOS and Android release</a> (The Guardian)</p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/09/24/thorsten-heins-compensation-blackberry_n_3982656.html">Thorsten Heins, BlackBerry Senior Execs To Haul In $ 80 Million If They Lose ...</a> (Huffington Post Canada)</p><p><a href="http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=20482">BlackBerry Postpones BBM For Android &amp; iPhone, Blaming Leak</a> (Brighthand)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dweJB9455-u30AMUqYrkeZ_1qhJYM&ned=us">206 additional articles.</a></p>