The After Math: Balsillie cashes out, Dell goes private and OUYA hits 481

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><hr dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" /> <div class="copy post-body" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="The After Math Balsillie cashes out, Dell goes private and OUYA hits 481" data-src-height="340" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/02/aftermath2.jpg" /></div>We crunched the numbers just after CES, while the organizers were barely tearing down hundreds of lavishly lit booths. Now, we're going to be making it a regular thing, pulling together and musing on the week's vital statistics. This time around, we watch iPads make an impression on computer shipments, while Dell reorganizes and goes private -- with a little help from Microsoft. All that and more awaits beyond the break.<br /><li> <span>Estimated number of Apple computer shipments (including iPads) during Q2 2012: 27 million</span></li><li> Estimated number of Dell PCs shipped in the same period: 9.7 million</li><li> Fourth generation iPads and iPad mini sold three days after launch: 3 million</li><li> Dell's percentage year-on-year decline, according to Canalys: 19 percent</li><li> Microsoft's loan to Dell, as it goes private: $2 billion</li><li> Microsoft's purchase price for Skype in 2011: $8.5 billion</li><li> Estimated percentage<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7080182682816192337"> of Apple and Samsung's combined global smartphone market share during Q4 2012: 52</a></li><li> Estimated percentage of global smartphone sales by third place BlackBerry: 3.9</li><li> BlackBerry stake sold by former co-CEO Jim Balsillie: 5.1 percent</li><li> Number of new Samsung smartphones announced in 2012: 18</li><li> Number of new Apple smartphones announced in 2012: 1</li><li> Sony's net loss for the last quarter: $115 million</li><li> Graphics chipmaker NVIDIA's profits for last quarter: $174 million</li><li> Amount pledged for the crowd-funded (and NVIDIA-powered) OUYA games console: $8,596,474</li><li> Number of game titles confirmed for OUYA: 481</li><li> Total number of Sony PlayStation 3s sold as of November 2012: 70 million</li><li> Total number of PlayStation 2 units sold before being retired: 150 million</li><li> Date of Sony's new PlayStation event: 20th February 2013</li></div></div>

The After Math: Balsillie cashes out, Dell goes private and OUYA hits 481

We crunched the numbers just after CES, while the organizers were barely tearing down hundreds of lav...

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