Janet Jackson had it so why not you?  It’s called control.  Your Windows Phone will soon be able to control your content on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.  Ever have the need to access the Marketplace on the go?  Well there’s no better place to do it (and the only place) than on your Windows Phone soon.

There’s an app called Xbox Companion coming soon that will put the power of the Marketplace right in your lap.  If you want to search for something, play something … you can do it from your Windows Phone soon.  Here’s more …

• Finding Content: Just like on your Xbox, the Xbox Companion gives you instant access to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace catalog of games, movies, music and TV shows. I used it to search “Featured Content” and pulled up the X-Men: First Class.

• Learn more about what you’re watching, listening to, or playing: Once I found the movie and touched the movie tile, the Xbox companion app took me to an info page that has all the related details about. And the content is really rich, too – for example, when I swiped to the “cast” page and touched an actor’s name, like star James McAvoy, I was taken to other movies starring him. From there, I could easily learn more about the other movies, their cast, etc. It’s an infinite road of interactive content.

• Control & Play: Once I selected the content and hit play, the Xbox Companion flips into “controller mode” in which I could navigate my Xbox, or control video playback of your video. The best part here is that controls are virtually instantaneous – easily as fast as using my controller or a TV remote.

The app will be free whenever it comes.  I’m excited about trying this on my Windows Phone.