Hitachi Corp has actually held true to its word that the 1TB drives would be shipping before the end of Q1. We have word they're finally hitting retail loading docks.

Within hours of each other last night, both Seagate and Hitachi announced plans for their first 1TB hard drives, which will ship in the first half of this year. It looks like Hitachi may well be the first to ship drives to the public though.

Hitachi have a PATA and SATA II drive that spins at 7,200RPM and has half a terabyte of storage. Porn afficionados, rejoice!