//This method works much faster then [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/images/logo.gif"]];

//Also it works better on bad internet connections

NSMutableURLRequest *requestWithBodyParams = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/images/logo.gif"]];

NSData *imageData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:requestWithBodyParams returningResponse:nil error:nil];

UIImage *image = [UIImage imageWithData:imageData];