What HTC states and what we get are two different things. Trust me , by the time Verizon gets a hold of it , nothing will happen. Just like ICS came out for the T'bolt, more than 2 years AFTER the thing was released.
X-mas is coming too. Don't get too tied up in this, I would be surprised if the update is out by Thanksgiving, based on the ICS update for the Thunderbolt.
USB debugging needs to be checked
Look in Windoze Explorer, My device shows up as : HTC6435LVW. Right click and select expand. You should see your SD card files.