B737-300 CREW GOT A EGPWS 'TERRAIN' WARNING AT 3800 FT GOING INTO RWY 29 AT OAK.

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AFTER XING SHARR INTXN; ACR X WAS CLRED DIRECT TO MITOE INTXN. SUBSEQUENTLY WE WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH TO RWY 29; REMAIN AT OR ABOVE 2000 FT MSL UNTIL 6 DME. THE HIGHEST TERRAIN DEPICTED ON THE 11-3 FOR ILS RWY 29 IS 1834 FT MSL E OF MITOE. THOUGH CLRNC DIRECT MITOE FOR THE VISUAL IS STANDARD; I HAVE NEVER BEEN TRACKING TO MITOE FROM A POINT AS FAR N AS SHARR. AT APPROX 3800 FT MSL AND 5 MI E OF MITOE WE RECEIVED A TERRAIN WARNING FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A PULL UP COMMAND. I IMMEDIATELY DISENGAGED THE AUTOPLT AND APPLIED HVY BACK PRESSURE; SIMULTANEOUSLY THE FO (PF) APPLIED THRUST AND THE WARNING CEASED. OAK RWY 29 AND THE EXTENDED CTRLINE GND TRACK WERE CLRLY VISIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. AT THE COMPLETION OF THE PULL UP MANEUVER THE ACFT WAS APPROX 1 MI FROM MITOE AND ALREADY IN A POS REQUIRING A TURN TO INTERCEPT THE CTRLINE. THE 'TERR' FUNCTION OF THE EGPWS WAS ON THROUGHOUT THE EVENT BUT THIS WAS A HARDBALL 300 AND THE RADAR/TERRAIN DISPLAY WAS OBSCURED BY THE 'SPEEDBOOK/TOLDCARD' AND THRUST LEVER QUADRANT.