Is there a way to search and add reference ids without AJAX?

Is there a way to search and add reference ids without AJAX?

I am working on an event site.
You create an event node (required), add a venue (node reference id)(optional), and add presenter (node reference ids)(optional).

With venues and presenters, we need to select an existing venue/performer node or add a new one.
I have this working great using the "Multistep" module" and the "Popups: Add and Reference" module.

http://drupal.org/project/popups_reference

Unfortunately, I need this to work on cell phone browsers which don't support ajax.
Ideally, I would like to be able to search for an existing node (based on node title) and use that nid *without* ajax.

Any help would be really, really appreciated.

Thanks,
Ben