Can someone explain AirPort Express and iPhone interaction?

Is it possible to use the iPhone along with an Airport Express? Is there any interaction between these devices? For example can I use the iPhone to control music playback through the Airport Express?
thanks.

Nathan,
Thank you for your reply but can you please provide more details? I'm really confused over Airport Extreme vs. Airport Express vs. Air Tunes and how this all interfaces with the iPhone. Can you please explain these devices? I also saw a post from someone stating they could control wireless music playback via their iPhone, how is this possible?
Edit: See the post by Mike Kelley at http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1159025
How is he doing this? Is he using Airport Extreme or Airport Express or Air Tunes?
Message was edited by: EricC617

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