NoypiTunes is service that allows you to make your phone more “Noypi” with ringtones, wallpapers and logos. NoypiTunes is focusing on the US market with availability through Cingular/ATT and Sprint. The service will soon be available through T-Mobile and Sprint.

When I 1st heard of NoypiTunes, I thought that it was finally an online OPM store. I was wrong. I think it’s named that just so people would think it’s an OPM iTunes store. Looking at the logo, they are hoping to ride the iTunes wave. Why is the “i” green? Could there be a possible lawsuit? I know Apple has gone after companies for using “iPod” and “iTunes” in the name.

From their site:

Here you’ll find a wide collection of top-rated homegrown music from artists like Bamboo, True Faith, and from Pinoy master rapper Francis M, downloadable as ringtones to US mobile phones.

You can avail of download packages and enjoy four polyphonic ringtones for the price of one.

Get what you want from a catalogue of all-original content that gives your mobile that very Pinoy brand - be it in jokes, horoscopes, love quotes and inspirations. You can even find comic strips from legendary cartoonist Larry Alcala or those tribal logos that’ll take you back to Boracay. Now dig this, you can subscribe to MMS images of Filipina models that are rocking the town!

I do see them as having a market in the US. I know my mom would pay the $4.99 if she could figure out how to do it.

The site mentions that “NoypiTunes is powered by Chikka the Philippine’s favorite instant messenger”.

One question I have is do they pay royalties to the OPM artists? There’s a strange disclaimer at the bottom of the page that reads “Disclaimer :Artists names are strictly for identification purposes only.”. What does that mean? It’s not actually Bamboo singing Noypi? It’s like those “disco mix” tapes they sell?

I expect more Nopyi sites to come out in 2007 now that most of the Pinoy domains are taken.