The Palm Pre honeymoon seems to be over as that initial excitement of a new phone and a new platform have been met with weeks of mostly silence. What was once anticipation has turned into… the potential for anticipation once we actually hear something. But if you’re a Palm and WebOS fan, then a little quote in a AllThingsD article should have you pretty stoked:

Among them, Deutsche Bank’s Chris Whitmore and Jonathan Goldberg, who boosted their price target on Palm (PALM) to $12 from $10 today claiming that Palm will not only ship the device on schedule, but will follow it up with other form factors. “Since their earnings release last week, we have conducted a round of checks on Palm and remain confident in the potential for their new Pre smartphone to turnaround the company’s results,” the two wrote in a note. “The Pre timetable seems on track at least, and both carrier and developer interest remains high….We also confirmed earlier checks and vague hints on their recent call that the company is working on other form factors which we could see in the market sooner than expected.”

I’d like to point out two phases specifically:

• Other form factors
• Sooner than expected

Don’t get me wrong, I’m just as eager as the next man/woman/child to see the Pre launch, but the long term success of the company only starts with the Pre… it continues with WebOS.