Load Images asynchronusly and maybe cache them. Start with reading this question: Lazy load images in UITableViewCell.
DataWithContentsOfURL: is your culprit. It performs a synchronous (blocking) network request on the application's main UI thread, causing the table view to lock up while an image is being downloaded.
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