Workers Use Cell Phones to Submit Data

July 5, 2007 By ADRIAN SAINZ, AP Business Writer Workers Use Cell Phones to Submit Data (AP)

Jeff Bonar holds his Blackberry, for which he has designed software to fit the needs of any company, in Doral, Fla., Wednesday, May 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

(AP) -- When maintenance workers finish a job at an Indianapolis university, they don't return to the office to fill out paperwork and pick up their next assignment. They grab their cell phones.

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