Thank you, joshwex90 and stimpy. Very helpful.

And Xyzzy, a mega thank you to you. Sometimes I have to hear something multiple times before it clicks. I had read those instructions last night on the WhatsApp FAQ. Yet every time I went to WhatsApp, pressing the three bars took me back to the BB hub. After you said it, I know I was doing something wrong but what. I realized (doh!) that I needed to enter WhatsApp thru the application and not thru the hub. Voila! I am very relieved to now understand how to use this more effectively.

As an aside, I had a three way conversation last night with someone in Beirut, in Papua New Guinea, and me in San Diego. Technology is a wonderful thing.