It’s worth noting that the quoted article was published on April 1 [1]. While the PineBuds were confirmed in the following community update [2], the PinePod plans are only mentioned in the description of the development board as a “platform for earbuds and a digital audio player”. It seems to me that the plans for a future DAP are still quite nebulous and I wouldn’t give that much weight to the wording used in the April Fools’ announcement.

[1]: https://www.pine64.org/2022/04/01/introducing-the-pinebuds-a... [2]: https://www.pine64.org/2022/04/15/april-update-no-more-unico...