My code is as follows TTTableLongTextItem *descItem = [[TTTableLongTextItem alloc] autorelease]; TTStyledText *styledDesc = [[TTStyledText alloc] autorelease]; styledDesc = [TTStyledText textWithURLs:@"howdy http://www.google.com"]; //this line causes the SIGABRT: descItem.text = styledDesc; //I also get a warning on this line that says "warning: passing argument 1 of 'setText:' from distinct Objective-C type" What am I missing here? Any help is muchly appreciated - Three20 documentation is a little sparse!