Memory error when loading an image from a url in iOS today widget

Question

I am trying to load an image from my server in my iOS Today Widget. However, whenever I do that, I get a crash that is because of a "memory error". I think it might be because I programmatically create the UIImageView, but then again that might not be the answer because loading a local image works fine. Is there a way to reduce the memory size while loading it?

In tableviewcell.m:

self.picct = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 30, 30)]; 
self.picct.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];       
[self addSubview:self.picct];

In Today Widget Table View:

 cell.picct.image = [UIImage imageWithData:[NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://www.mywebsite.com/%@.jpg", [itemAtIndex objectForKey:@"myimagename"]]]]];
 [cell.picct release];

Answer 1

Widget only can use 10MB(not documented, just guessed value from my experiments) memory due to prevent unload apps in background.