Playing music though a Mac Laptop

One of the nice things about the ipod is you could plug it into your mac laptop when travelling and listen to music through the laptop speakers. This does not appear to be possible with the iPhone... if you bring up itunes and select the iPhone all you get is the sync menus. Or am I missing something? Is there a ay to play your music on the road?
Thanks
Mel

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