I’ve used a number of Android phones with physical QWERTY keyboards over the years (starting with the original T-Mobile G1). Having come from the Windows Mobile world, I never understood why Google turns off predictive text when using the physical keyboard. It only works when using the on-screen keyboard. This was a great feature in Windows Mobile phones with physical keyboard. I recently review the LG DoublePlay (BYTE) and LG myTouch Q (aNewDomain.net) Android phones and noticed that predictive text is still not available when using their physical keyboards.
Having never tried a Windows Phone device with a physical keyboard, I wondered if predictive text was available for the currently platform. So, I asked a number of people about this. My old friend, Cesar Fong, who is a Windows Mobile/Windows Phone expert confirmed that it does indeed work with a physical keyboard. You can see the proof in the photo he sent to me above (published with his permission).
You can find Cesar on Twitter at: @CesarFong
And, you can find me there at: @ToddOgasawsara